500Acalogic Research and Consulting - Provides an article on how exercise can help ADHD children as an alternative to Ritalin. It also discusses a program that integrates exercise into elementary schools, homework and nutrition issues, and seminars offered.
ADHD Advice Secretly Paid For By Drugs Companies - An article (in the Daily Telegraph, requires free registration) explores the funding links between pharmaceutical firms and support and UK advice groups for parents of children with behavioural disorders.
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ADHD and Medication - Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder.
Meta Description: [ Common sense approach to dealing with medication and ADHD. ]
ADHD Study: Study Points to More Targeted Use of Ritalin: Drug Not Effective For All - While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain known as the putamen which helps to control movement and attention.
Meta Description: [ While examining the brains of hyperactive, inattentive boys, Harvard researchers found a reduced flow of blood into a specific area of the brain known as the putamen which helps to control movement and attention. ]
Comparison of Ritalin to EEG Biofeedback to Attend Nutraceutical - TOVA study laying out the comparison between these two treatments.
Meta Description: [ Powerful interventions and recommended products for Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADD or ADHD - free information for parents and teachers. Alternatives to Ritalin. ]
Connecticut Bars Schools from Suggesting Drugs for Kids - A new Connecticut law prohibits schools from suggesting that children with attention deficit disorder be put on Ritalin or other mood-altering drugs amid concerns kids are over-medicated. Diane Orson reports on Morning Edition, from NPR. Realaudio format. 3:53 in length.
Consumers Review Ritalin - Consumers who use Ritalin report the benefits and side effects they experienced.
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Inquiry After Tenfold Rise in 'Chemical Cosh' Cases - Report on an inquiry, ordered by the NHS watchdog, Quality Improvement Scotland, into prescription rates for Ritalin. Includes links to related articles in The Scotsman.
Meta Description: [ Key points • Tenfold increase in prescription of Ritalin sparks enquiry • 'Chemical cosh' given to children to combat hyperactivity • Opponnets argue it is a Class A amphetamine with damaging side effects Key quote "It’s important to [ensure] that... ]
JS Online: Lawmakers hear stories of Ritalin overuse - Lawmakers on the House Education and Workforce Committee hear complaints and comments about the use and abuse of Ritalin.
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404Kurt Cobain 1967-1994: Ritalin Harms 'Teen Spirit' - Discusses the life and death of this musician in terms of his Ritalin use as a child. Includes information about hyperactivity, Ritalin, and Cobain's suicide.
No More Ritalin - Book by Dr. Mary Ann Block covering the use of Ritalin and a non-drug approach to treating children diagnosed with ADHD.
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Parents Told to Give Child Ritalin - Parents are told by the court to give their child Ritalin.
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Resolution to Ban Ritalin - Presentation by Patti Johnson, Colorado State Board of Education, encouraging the banning of Ritalin.
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Ritalin and ADD/ADHD. - Information on the use of Ritalin on school children; side effects and evidence of over-medication; tips for parents on how to tell if their child needs Ritalin and how they can help their child handle the symptoms for which they have been prescribed the drug.
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Ritalin and Junk Science - Alternative viewpoints on Ritalin use for ADHD, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in children. Includes contact information.
Meta Description: [ short briefing document providing succinct information on ritalin and junk science ]
Ritalin Side Effects? - Two M.D.s describe potential side effects of Ritalin.
Meta Description: [ Managing the side effects of Ritalin, Dexedrine and other stimulants ]
Ritalin: Child Abuse On Prescription? - An article by a campaigning journalist in the UK, analysing the marketing and use of Ritalin and related medications.
Meta Description: [ Books, ideas, views, news and information from provocative, iconoclastic writer Vernon Coleman: international bestselling author of over 85 medical and fiction books,columnist and leading campaigning journalist ]
The Fraud of Child Psychiatry, ADD/ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Ritalin - Review of two books that take a cautious view of ADHD treatment. Includes reprinted articles on the myth of attention deficit disorders and psychatric medications.
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Why Ritalin Rules - How has it come to pass that where every child from preschool onward can recite the anti-drug catechism by heart, millions of children are being legally drugged with a substance so similar to cocaine that, as one journalist accurately summarized the science, it takes a chemist to tell the difference
Meta Description: [ Policy Review: April-May 1999 ]
Students Seek Competitive Edge by Taking Adderall, Ritalin
