Real Psychiatry

The reality of psychiatry rather than the perception

Showing posts with label stimulants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stimulants. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

The Recent Takedowns of Adult ADHD

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  Psychiatry seems doomed to argue endlessly about whether certain conditions exist or not and whether they can be characterized by written ...
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Saturday, November 7, 2015

The Myth of "Rescue" Medications

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First off a clarification.  I am talking about the specific case where a short acting medication is added to a long acting form of the same ...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Addiction and ADHD - The Bullet Points

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Figure 1.  from Shaw M, Hodgkins P, Caci H, et al. A systematic review and analysis of long-term outcomes in attention deficit hypera...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

How Do So Many People End Up on Stimulants?

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There is no question that thousands if not millions of people end up taking stimulants unnecessarily these days.  Addiction psychi...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Cognitive Enhancement IS Cheating

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One of my colleagues posted a recent commentary from Nature on how the idea of the smart pill has been oversold.  The basic theme of the ...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

ADHD and Crime

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There has been a lot of commentary on the NEJM article on the association between stimulant treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Di...
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