(Cambridge Monographs in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.) Edited by Seija Sandberg. 517 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1996. $95. ISBN 0-521-43250-2.
Disorders of attention and overactivity are commonly diagnosedin North American children. Some studies estimate that attention-deficit–hyperactivitydisorder (as defined by the American Psychiatric Association)affects as many as 24 percent of children in the United States.There is much concern in the lay press about the apparent epidemicof this disorder and the parallel use of stimulant medicationfor its treatment. There is also concern that in these timesof megatechnology, stringent schedules, and overstressed workingparents, many professionals are being asked to and do prescribestimulant medication for behavior that does not meet criteriafor the diagnosis of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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