4/1/13. The use of stimulant medications such as Ritalin, Adderall, and Vyvanse to treat ADHD has been under attack by the New York Times, among others.
Ritalin was approved by the FDA in 1957.
The motivations for these attacks are multiple. The wealthy anti-psychiatry Scientologists have a long history of attacking the use of psychiatric medications; some groups claim that pharmaceutical companies are misleading the public to pump up their profits. Others say that harried parents demand drugs from too-willing to prescribe physicians to improve their kids' academic records..
That ADHD is a diagnostic category with a long clinical and research history rarely gets mentioned.
The diagnosis of more females and more adults with ADHD over the past decade accounts for much of the increase in medication for ADHD.
I repeat my article on ADHD written one year ago following another round of predictable media attacks:
http://notesofapsychologywatcher.blogspot.com/2012/01/ritalin-gone-wrong.html
Ritalin was approved by the FDA in 1957.
The motivations for these attacks are multiple. The wealthy anti-psychiatry Scientologists have a long history of attacking the use of psychiatric medications; some groups claim that pharmaceutical companies are misleading the public to pump up their profits. Others say that harried parents demand drugs from too-willing to prescribe physicians to improve their kids' academic records..
That ADHD is a diagnostic category with a long clinical and research history rarely gets mentioned.
The diagnosis of more females and more adults with ADHD over the past decade accounts for much of the increase in medication for ADHD.
I repeat my article on ADHD written one year ago following another round of predictable media attacks:
http://notesofapsychologywatcher.blogspot.com/2012/01/ritalin-gone-wrong.html
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