Topics: ADHD

There are now no fewer than 14 FDA-approved psychostimulants… and counting. This does not include the many generics, the new non-stimulant Straterra or the off-label ADHD meds Wellbutrin (bupropion) and desipramine.

Topics: ADHD

The Eli Lilly reps are almost delirious about their new ADHD “miracle drug”, Straterra (atomoxetine). This is not surprising.

Topics: ADHD

They have been flooding into your office: grown-ups who believe that they have ADHD.

Topics: ADHD

Dr. Prince, you have done innumerable evaluations of children and adults with ADHD. These days, psychiatrists in the community are besieged by patients wanting treatment for ADHD, and the pressure is on to come up with a diagnosis and treatment during a single 45 minute session. Is this possible?

Topics: ADHD | Substance Abuse

David Sorenson, M.D., is medical director of the Anna Jaques Hospital Child Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in Amesbury, Massachusetts. His experiences with patients misusing ADHD medications should give us pause.

The discovery that stimulants are helpful for behavioral problems in children was another of the serendipitous discoveries so common in psychiatry. Dr. Charles Bradley, in the 1930’s, was medical director of a small child psychiatric hospital.