ADHD Prescriptions Without An Adequate Evaluation

The Times has a wrenching account of parents trying to save their son from Adderall abuse. If this is a subject that interests you, the entire article is worth reading. Here is Keith Conners commenting on inadequate evaluation before prescribing: Some doctors worry that A.D.H.D. questionnaires, designed to assist and standardize the gathering of a patient’s symptoms, are being used as a shortcut to diagnosis. C. Keith Conners, a longtime child psychologist who developed a popular scale similar to the...
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