Attention-deficit disorder - Inventing the problem to sell the solution - One in seven children in the US and a growing number of children in the UK are being given stimulants with a long list of side effects to treat a cond...

ADHD drugs: They work only for the first 3 years - ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) drugs such as Ritalin work only for the first three years. Despite this, they are often prescribed th...

Ritalin: robots on parade - Recently, doctors have begun to warn parents that the long range outcome for children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not...

ADHD: Toddlers are given powerful drugs that aren’t licensed or safe - Children as young as three are being given a powerful drug such as Ritalin to treat their ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) – even thoug...

Psychiatric labels - An epidemic in children’s mental healthcare - The growing ‘grey’ population may be raking in the cash for drug companies, but look at the other end of the age spectrum and you’ll also see burgeoni...

Ill Children: 1 in 5 American kids are chronically sick - One in five children in the USA has a chronic illness. The figure has trebled in the last 20 years, mainly because of rising levels of asthma, obesit...

Adderall, - FDA sits and waits amid Adderall deaths. Many are aware of the dangerous side-effects of amphetamines, especially when they are used to treat children...

What is ADHD? - ADHD, or attention-deficit, hyperactivity disorder, used to be known simply as hyperactivity. With its wider definition, it now catches children who f...