| Acalogic 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. |
| ADHD and Medication: Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder. |
| 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. |
| Better Children through Chemistry: Article, presented by Meta News, on the use of drugs, particularly Ritalin, to combat ADD. |
| Comparison of Ritalin to EEG Biofeedback to Attend Nutraceutical: TOVA study laying out the comparison between these two treatments. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Kurt 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. |
| Parents Told to Give Child Ritalin: Parents are told by the court to give their child Ritalin. |
| Resolution to Ban Ritalin: Presentation by Patti Johnson, Colorado State Board of Education, encouraging the banning of Ritalin. |
| Ritalin - Miracle Drug or Cop-Out?: Republication of an article by Ken Livingston. |
| 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. |
| Ritalin and Junk Science: Alternative viewpoints on Ritalin use for ADHD, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in children. Includes contact information. |
| Ritalin Side Effects?: Two M.D.s describe potential side effects of Ritalin. |
| Ritalin: Child Abuse On Prescription?: An article by a campaigning journalist in the UK, analysing the marketing and use of Ritalin and related medications. |
| 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. |
| The Merrow Report: Attention Deficit Disorder - A Dubious Diagnosis?: Program guide to the PBS documentary. Includes information about CHADD, an interview with a child psychologist, an article by a 14 year old with ADD, and a transcript of the program. |
| 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"? |
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