Today’s front page article on the likely Adderall-addiction, subsequent psychosis, then suicide of a young man, Richard Fee (whose parents report no childhood history of ADHD and who implored the young man’s physicians not to prescribe the amphetamines) follows the recent report of a suit against Zoloft alleging inefficacy as well as selective reporting of clinical trials.

Too near the end of today’s lengthy and heart-wrenching tale, the reporter contacted forty “experts” in ADHD; “almost every one…said that worst case scenarios like Richard Fee’s can occur with any medication…” Continue reading Adderall and Zoloft under criticism

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This study from the University of Chicago shows an interactive effect between developmental age and empathy and disaster. The researchers started their study before this earthquake killed 87,000 people; the researchers were thoughtful enough to learn what they could about and from the children
N. Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor

“Scientists from the U.S. and Canada were already collaborating with Chinese researchers in the town in Sichuan province on a study of altruistic behavior when the earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale, killed some 87,000 people, including many children.”

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