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Research Questions Benefits of Ritalin
Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Researchers from the United States recently suggested that medication has no beneficial effects on ADHD sufferers in the long-term and have warn that the medication can lead to stunted growth in a significant number of patients. ABC Radio National's World Today (13 Noember 2007) interviewed Professor William Pelham who has been involved in a national study on ADHD treatment since the 1990s.

You can read the transcript of the World Today story or download and listen to the full interview with Professor Pelham (MP3).




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"the working dogma that ADHD is a disease or neurobehavioral condition does not at this time hold up to scrutiny of evidence."

Dr Lydia Furman.

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