During the last decade, pharmaceutical spending for patients with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been escalating internationally. First, to estimate future trends of ADHD-related drug expenditures from the perspectives of the statuto
By 1966 the `experts' had come up with a definition of the sort of child for whom Ritalin could useful be prescribed. Children suffering from Minimal Brain Dysfunction (MBD), the first syndrome for which Ritalin was recommended, were defined as `children of near average, average or above ave...
In the latest episode ofHumanOS Radio(iTunes,Stitcher,YouTube) I speak withProfessor Stephen Hinshawof UC Berkeley. Dr. Hinshaw is Vice Chair in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and was the 2016 recipient of the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, the highest honor bestowed b...
book, and the study, and now for eleven years every day they give children two of these chewables, and what they've found from year one is that this was one of the least performing schools, and they became now in some categories the highest performing public school on the east coast. ...
At the start of the interaction, in the face of Mark’s initial resistance, Kelly says, “Well just do it for me please.” It is this comment and what happens near the end of the interaction—the combination of Kelly’s repetitions of “I love you” and the closing line—that we ...