Stimulant Use for ADHD Continues to Rise Among TeensLeslie Sinclair The percentage of children aged 4 to 17 who had ever received an ADHD diagnosis increased by about 22 percent from 2003 to 2007, and about two-thirds of them were receiving pharmacological treatment. Pediatric stimulant use has been slowly but steadily increasing since 1996, primarily as a result of greater use among adolescents.That's the finding of researchers Samuel Zuvekas, Ph.D., an economist with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Benedetto Vitiello, M.D., chief of the Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Intervention Research Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The pair have been monitoring the use of stimulant medications for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents for nearly 15 years, first publishing their findings for the period 1997 to 2002 in the April 2006 American Journal of Psychiatry. In a report published online in AJP in Advance on September 28, they describe the latest findings from their long-term study. Their information comes from an analysis of the database of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative annual survey of the civilian,
Stimulant Use for ADHD Continues to Rise Among Teens
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Stimulant Use for ADHD Continues to Rise Among TeensLeslie Sinclair The percentage of children aged 4 to 17 who had ever received an ADHD diagnosis increased by about 22 percent from 2003 to 2007, and about two-thirds of them were receiving pharmacological treatment. Pediatric stimulant use has been slowly but steadily increasing since 1996, primarily as a result of greater use among adolescents.That's the finding of researchers Samuel Zuvekas, Ph.D., an economist with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) at the Department of Health and Human Services, and Benedetto Vitiello, M.D., chief of the Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Intervention Research Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The pair have been monitoring the use of stimulant medications for treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents for nearly 15 years, first publishing their findings for the period 1997 to 2002 in the April 2006 American Journal of Psychiatry. In a report published online in AJP in Advance on September 28, they describe the latest findings from their long-term study. Their information comes from an analysis of the database of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative annual survey of the civilian,Preview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Stimulant Use for ADHD Continues to Rise Among Teens
Sinclair, Leslie
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, Volume 46 (20): 1
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Oct 21, 2011
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