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. www.healing-arts.org/children/ADHD/harvard-ritalin.htm
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. www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20011217.me.10.ram
Drugged Obedience in the School - Summarizes how various narcotics increase and decrease sensory attention and motor activity, and argues that medicating children to get satisfactory behavior is the wrong approach for a number of reasons. www.keirsey.com/druggedobedience.html
Frontline: Medicating Kids - A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating
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. www.jsonline.com/alive/family/may00/ritalin17051600.asp
Overuse of Prescription Stimulants for Children reported in new Duke Study - A study by a psychiatrist (Adrian Angold) and an epidemiologist (Jane Costello) at Duke University casts serious doubt on the widespread prescribing of stimulants like Ritalin for children and adolescents. www.pseudoscience.org/stimulants-adhd.htm
Ritalin - Miracle Drug or Cop-Out? - Republication of an article by Ken Livingston. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/readings/publicinterest.html
Salon News: P is for Prozac - How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers. www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/21/prozac
