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First Nighter: End of the Rainbow Disses Judy Garland Bigtime

David Finkle | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Frances Gumm, Bernard Delfont, Talk of the Town, Tom Pelphrey, Liza Minnelli, Joey Luft, William Dudley, Harold Arlen, Belasco Theatre, "End of the Rainbow, Mickey Deems, Peter Quilter, Tracie Bennett, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, " Judy Garland, Michael Cumpsty, Lorna Luft, Terry Johnson, Johnny Mercer, Ritalin, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Does director Terry Johnson see to it that Bennett delivers a terrifyingly manic version of "Come Rain or Come Shine" supposed to mimic Garland at her hopped-up worst? What do you think?

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Is Your Parenting To Blame For Your Child's ADHD?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: ADHD in Children, Video, Child Mind Institute, Dr. Alan Sroufe, ADHD Medication, Adhd, Alan Sroufe, Ritalin, Ritalin Gone Wrong, Dr. Harold Koplewicz, ADHD Causes, Parents News

Dr. L Alan Sroufe has been fanning the flames of parental guilt lately by suggesting that one major cause of ADHD in children is... their parents. ...

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Maybe Private School Is Cheaper Than Ritalin

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Montessori, Mental Health, Adhd, Boys, Parenting, Hyperactivity, Adderall, Education, Stimulants, Psychotropic Medications, Add, School Adjustment, Charter Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Ritalin, Child Psychiatry, Education News
Holly Robinson

Your child needs to be learning in a place that will support his strengths rather than view him as a problem. For children who are bright or anxious, active or inattentive, simply changing how and where they learn can make all the difference.

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Why "Ritalin Gone Wrong" Is Wrong

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: ADHD Medication, Adhd, Parents-Kids, Ritalin for Kids, Adhd Meds, Ritalin, Ritalin Gone Wrong, Parents News
Dr. Harold Koplewicz

The piece, by L. Alan Sroufe, a psychology professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, was such a broad assault on what we know about ADHD, and how it is affected by medications like Ritalin and Adderall, that it deserves point-by-point response.

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Do You Know Someone With Adult ADD/ADHD?

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Adults With ADD, Adhd, Adults With ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder, Add, Ritalin, Fifty News, Adderal, Fifty News

Even when Tillie Feldman of Los Angeles was a child, she knew she was different than other kids. She feared nothing, showed no deference to authority ...

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: This Is Your Brain On ADHD

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Dopamine, Add, Video, Adult ADHD, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Norepinephrine, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Science, Adhd, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cara Santa Maria, Drug Abuse, Ritalin, Adderall, Education News

2011-12-30-caracarafjgkfgjkfjgirjgijfigfjgifjgjirjgjrijgifjgfjgjfkjcara.jpgAre more kids showing symptoms of ADHD? Or have they always had the disorder, but now more and more kids are being appropriately diagnosed?

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Catherine Pearson

ADHD Medications: Safe For Your Heart?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Adhd Heart, Adhd Drugs Heart Risks, Video, Adhd Heart Risks, Adhd Drugs Safety, Strattera, Adhd Medications, Prescription Drugs, ADHD Medication, Adderall, Ritalin, Healthy Living News

Between 2001 and 2010, use of medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder increased more rapidly among adults than kids. With more than 1...

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The Diagnosing and Drugging of 'ADHD' Children -- An American Tragedy Worsens

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Stimulants, Child Psychology, Psychiatric Drugs, Adhd, Children's Health, Ritalin, Medicine, Healthy Living Mind, Children and Adhd, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

The diagnosing of millions of children with ADHD in order to medicate them with stimulants and other psychoactive chemicals is an American tragedy, growing into a worldwide catastrophe.

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The Ritalin Wars: Understanding America's Adderall Obsession

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Psychiatric Drugs, Attention Deficit Disorder, Adhd, Hyperactivity, Add, Ritalin, Adderall, Healthy Living Mind, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Lawrence Diller, M.D.

Children with extreme degrees of impulsivity, distractibility and hyperactivity are easy to diagnose with ADHD. However because these behaviors vary (from none to many) in a bell shaped distribution curve, most of ADHD diagnosed in this country is of the mild variety.

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How Beneficial Are ADHD Medications Really?

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Drugs, Adderall, Ritalin, Healthy Living Health News, ADHD Drugs Smart Pills, Mental Health, Healthy Living Mind, Adhd Medications, College Students and ADHD Medications, ADHD Drugs, Healthy Living News
Art Markman, Ph.D.

Starting about 10 years ago, there was an uptick in rumors about students who were buying medications normally used to treat ADHD to help them study. Do these drugs make you smarter?

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Ex-Lehman Brothers Director Arrested, Charged With Drug Prescription Forgery

Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Bradley Jack, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Oxycontin, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Drugs, Ritalin, Investment Banking, Business News

A former Lehman Brothers managing director has been arrested on charges of forging a prescription to buy drugs. Bradley Jack, formerly of the faile...

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Why Boys Are Failing In An Educational System Stacked Against Them

Lori Day | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Girls, Education, Adhd, Natural Learning, Michael Gurian, Experiential Learning, Ritalin, Boys, Schools, Nclb, Richard Whitmire, College Admissions, Boys Education, Education-Achievement-Gap, Education Gender Divide, Acheivement Gap, Education News
Lori Day

Educational experts proclaim that we have a crisis in the education of boys in this country. The media attention to this topic has been extensive, yet I do not see the systemic changes that are needed.

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No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

American's short attention span hops from critical issues to trivialities with the delicate ease of an Olympic gymnast. Our tendency to be drawn into...

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More Teens Receiving Dangerous Prescriptions

Reuters | Alison McCook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drug Addiction, Abuse-Prescription-Medication, Oxycontin, Prescription Drugs, Prescription Pills, Prescription Medication, Adderall, Prescription Painkillers, Ritalin, Prescription Drug Abuse, Home News

In 2007, one out of every nine teens and one out of six young adults in their 20s received prescriptions for medication that have the potential for ab...

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Adderall Abuse Can Lead To Psychosis, Suicide

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kyle Craig Suicide, Ritalin, Adderall Abuse, Vanderbilt University, Adderall, Kyle Craig, Study Drugs, College News

The May suicide of Vanderbilt student Kyle Craig shocked his friends and family. Described by his father as "focused, happy, achieving and social," Cr...

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The Study Drug Problem

Daniel Luzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Mental Health, College, Concentration, Stimulants, Adhd, Cheating, Ritalin, Anxiety, Wesleyan, Exams, College News
Daniel Luzer

Oh, Ritalin. Such an important part of college were you. Little and round and white, the source of, and solution to, so much anxiety during exam periods. And now colleges are cracking down.

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Are Study Drugs A Form Of Cheating?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wesleyan Says Pharmaceutical Study Aids Against Honor Code, Cornell University, What Is Cheating? Academic Integrity, The New York Times, Wesleyan University, Ritalin, The Northeast, Inside Higher Ed, Adderall, College News, Honor Code, College News

This semester, Wesleyan University took a firm stance on the use of pharmaceutical study aids, like Ritalin and Adderall, by students without a prescr...

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Attention Deficit Disorder: Ritalin Or Recess?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: ABC for Fitness, Healthy, Children, Academic Performance, Obesity, Physical Activity, Wellness, Education, Add, Dr. David L. Katz, Recess, Health, Exercise, Dr. David Katz, Fitness, Attention Deficit Disorder, Ritalin, Schools, News, Conditions, Adhda, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Rambunctiousness in children is normal. And it should be treated with recess, not Ritalin!

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ADHD Prescription Drugs Too Easy To Get

TIME NewsFeed | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: ADD Treatment, Adhd, Health, Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD Medication, Ritalin, Adderall, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADD Symptoms, Healthy Living News

A new study has found that the initial self-report checklists used for ADHD diagnoses are actually quite easily faked by anyone who has a basic knowle...

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Faking ADHD For Drug Prescription Quite Easy, Study Finds

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adhd, Faking ADD, Faking ADHD, Add, Adderall, Ritalin, ADHD Faking Study, College News

According to a new study, feigning symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder to obtain a prescription to drugs like Adderall and Ritalin is...

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Practical Management Of An ADD Boss

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Adult ADD, Adhd, Add, Adult ADHD, Consultants, Employees, Focus, Focalin, Start-Ups, Entrepreneurs, Vyvanse, Organization, Concerta, Boss, Strattera, Manager, Entrepreneurship, Ritalin, Entrepreneur, Management, Abilto, Workplace, Work, Office, Healthy Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

I have ADD/ADHD, and I run a business. That's not a marriage made in heaven, but I use medication and have benefited from therapy. Thus, I can better ...

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Ritalin Boosts Learning By Increasing Brain Plasticity

UCSF News Office | Source:Jennifer O’Brienjobrien@pubaff.ucsf.edu //';L[1]='a';l[2]='/';L[3]='<';L[4]=' 117';L[5]=' 100';L[6]=' 101';L[7]=' 46';L[8]=' 102';L[9]=' 115';L[10]=' 99';L[11]=' 117';L[12]=' 46';L[13]=' 1 | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cognitive Development, Neuroscience, Add, Health, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Memory, Science, Antonello Bonci, Development, Ritalin, Wellness, Learning, Healthy Living News

In animal research, the scientists showed for the first time that Ritalin boosts both of these cognitive abilities by increasing the activity of the n...

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Sex, Drugs & ADD/ADHD

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Casinos, Espresso, Indian Casinos, Drugs, Coffee, Vyvanse, Las Vegas, Meth, Concerta, Behavioral Therapy, Strattera, Sex, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adhd, Treatment, Methamphetamine, Ritalin, Addd, Lily Allen, Shire Pharmaceutical, Gambling, Healthy Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

Call it what you like - ADD, ADHD, AD/HD, Attention Deficit Disorder (with or without hyperactivity) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This...

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The Inconvenient Truth About ADHD at College

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 02.20.2010

Read More: Cbt, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Culture Wars, Undermedication, Overmedication, Adhd, Psychology, Adderall, Vyvanse, Add, Strattera, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, Ritalin, College, Concerta, Coaching, Healthy Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

In reality, there's very little dispute that medication helps kids master tasks -- like performing better in school -- that are critical for success and happiness in later life.

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Is Strattera Getting Too Easy To Prescribe For ADHD?

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Shire Pharmaceutical, Adhd, Rush Limbaugh, Suicide, Drugs, Adult ADHD, Amphetamine, Vyvanse, Concerta, Eli Lilly, Liver Damage, Prescription Drugs, Methamphetamine, Ritalin, Adderall, Strattera, Healthy Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

Generally, I only write about my ADHD when there's a news 'hook'. That's because I treat my ADHD with an amphetamine based medication called Vyvanse, ...

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