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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Ritalin
"More, Now, Again" by Elizabeth Wurtzel
The author of "Prozac Nation" describes being neurotic, smart, sexy, rich, self-obsessed and addicted to Ritalin in her latest dysfunctional memoir.
An end run to marketing victory
Drug makers find ways to circumvent an advertising ban and promote psychiatric drugs for children
Defusing the explosive child
Prescribing drugs, not discipline, will only escalate conflict, lead to more
difficult kids and weaken our already-lax culture of parenting.
Cured but worried
I've been taking medication for my attention-deficit disorder. The drug really helps, but I'm afraid of its long-term effects.
Just say yes to Ritalin!
Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else.
Dying on Ritalin
A teenager's fatal heart attack raises troubling questions about the safety of a drug whose popularity is exploding.
Extreme Ritalin
The drug should not become the moral equivalent of, or substitute for, better parenting and schools.
P is for Prozac
How a government corrupted by special interests is spawning a generation of medicated preschoolers.
Psych meds for kids: Too much, too soon?
Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
Kids on drugs
A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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