ADHD, Drugs and Behavior Therapy

Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) are being over medicated with a stimulant medication and can be treated effectively with behavior modification. As the diagnosis and treatments are fairly new we need to be doubtful over the treatment that calls for doctors to give children stimulant medications. Researchers from the University of Buffalo found that behavioral therapy could cut the need for stimulant medications by up to two-thirds (Barrow, K. 2005). This is good news for parents and children with ADHD.
However, the past two decades the hyperactive child has caused controversy (Johnson, 1988). Since, "ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence with 3% to 5% of children in the United States have the disorder (Woodard, R., 2006. p.1)". Over the past few decades alarming amount of children being diagnosed with ADHD and parents, teachers and doctors should look more closely before making a......

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Title: Adhd, Drugs And Behavior Therapy
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