![]() ![]() One in 10 American children is diagnosed with ADHD - but we still don’t understand the disorder. As he puts it: “You can’t take the kid off the drug after puberty and say, ‘Whoops, let’s go back and do puberty without the drug.’” Read on to learn how drugs like Adderall affect the brain - and why Anderson says that drug treatments should be a last resort in children with ADHD. Especially during adolescence, when changing levels of sex hormones and growth hormones are already having a dramatic impact on a teenager’s brain, he questions the long-term use of a drug that promotes a system like dopamine or serotonin. Neurobiologist David Anderson is alarmed by the idea of drugging children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Mitch Blunt Half of the American preschoolers diagnosed with ADHD are given drugs to treat the symptoms. ![]()
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