Baseball players on Ritalin

Do what you will with this info---what is usually considered a childhood disease effecting only 3 - 5% of children has now hit epidemic numbers in adult professional baseball players: Stimulant exemptions in baseball on the rise NEW YORK (AP)—Baseball authorized nearly 8 percent of its players to use drugs for ADHD last season, which... Continue Reading →

January 16, 2009

Children and psych drugs—a critique

Nothing new here in this piece from the Patriot Ledger by Jacob Azerrad, but it's a nice song to the choir against the medicalization of normal child behavior. In a 2007 “60 Minutes” episode, Katie Couric focused on the short life of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley of Hull. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 3, she... Continue Reading →

January 11, 2009

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