2/3/13. This is a tragic story about a young man who took medication prescribed for ADHD for many months --- and then committed suicide. This is a story that the news media specializes in: SENSATIONAL, FRIGHTENING, and EXTREMELY RARE.
No where in the news do you read about children, adolescents, and adults coming to a psychologist and physician whose lives were improved by accurate psychological evaluations, accurate diagnoses, effective medication treatments, and the life-saving psychological therapies ---- these events are not news.
The diagnostic and treatment process often prevents suicide, stabilizes moods, and reduce the desire and impulsivity associated with abusing mind-numbing alcohol and drugs --- this is not news.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/us/concerns-about-adhd-practices-and-amphetamine-addiction.html?hpw&_r=0&pagewanted=all
No where in the news do you read about children, adolescents, and adults coming to a psychologist and physician whose lives were improved by accurate psychological evaluations, accurate diagnoses, effective medication treatments, and the life-saving psychological therapies ---- these events are not news.
The diagnostic and treatment process often prevents suicide, stabilizes moods, and reduce the desire and impulsivity associated with abusing mind-numbing alcohol and drugs --- this is not news.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/us/concerns-about-adhd-practices-and-amphetamine-addiction.html?hpw&_r=0&pagewanted=all
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