Importance of Psychoactive Drugs in Managing ADHD
Title:
Importance of Psychoactive Drugs in Managing ADHD
Word Count:
509
Summary:
This article focuses on children dealing with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It rel
Keywords:
psychoactive medication, therapy, side effects
Article Body:
More and more children have been diagnosed with ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disor
usually presents itself during childhood years, and is characterized by a consistent string of
with forgetfulness, poor impulse control and distractability. According to a recent survey by
about five percent of children in classrooms have students with ADHD and another five percent
In dealing with this kind of disorder, those children with ADHD are placed on psychoactive med
physician, generally upon initial recommendation by
officials from the child’s school.
however, believe that there are other effective alternatives to medication.
Some
Some doctors and
treatement of ADHD field overemphasizes the role that psychoactive medications play in the tre
Many parents are not fully aware of the well-established, evidence-based alternative in taking
which is behavior therapy. Most of the physicians normally prescribe such psychoactive medicat
without discussing first the benefits and risks of these drugs and its alternatives with the p
shown that those children with ADHD who were started on behavioral therapy, half of them did n
Rather than prescribing such medications at an early age, physicians should be recommending a
behavior therapy first, and then the prescription of medications if needed later on. Such info
survey of parents, in which 80 percent of them would choose behavioral therapy than medication
treatment of ADHD, if only they had been aware of the benefits of behavioral therapy in the fi
such medications for ADHD children is not bad, although it needs to be used in moderation. By
combining behavioral therapy when needed, these psychoactive medications are considered as a u
children.
With the use of behavioral therapy, children, teachers and parents can learn different skills
improve the child’s behavior in his daily life. The main focus for this type of therapy is on
relationships with peers and siblings, relationship with parents, failure in obeying adult req
in important areas. This can also reflect good parenting because of their interaction (behavio
child, better than just popping a psychoactive drug into the child’s brain. With children rece
would be less susceptible to side effects that go with the drugs such as stunting of growth an
This could also produce long-term benefits for ADHD children, like teaching them behavior and
eventually carry out into adulthood. When children with treatment medications become adults, t
their medication. As a result, the benefits of the said medication goes away, and it would be
skills to adolescents than with younger children.
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Importance of Psychoactive Drugs in Managing ADHD
Word Count:
509
Summary:
This article focuses on children dealing with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It rel
Keywords:
psychoactive medication, therapy, side effects
Article Body:
More and more children have been diagnosed with ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disor
usually presents itself during childhood years, and is characterized by a consistent string of
with forgetfulness, poor impulse control and distractability. According to a recent survey by
about five percent of children in classrooms have students with ADHD and another five percent
In dealing with this kind of disorder, those children with ADHD are placed on psychoactive med
physician, generally upon initial recommendation by
officials from the child’s school.
however, believe that there are other effective alternatives to medication.
Some
Some doctors and
treatement of ADHD field overemphasizes the role that psychoactive medications play in the tre
Many parents are not fully aware of the well-established, evidence-based alternative in taking
which is behavior therapy. Most of the physicians normally prescribe such psychoactive medicat
without discussing first the benefits and risks of these drugs and its alternatives with the p
shown that those children with ADHD who were started on behavioral therapy, half of them did n
Rather than prescribing such medications at an early age, physicians should be recommending a
behavior therapy first, and then the prescription of medications if needed later on. Such info
survey of parents, in which 80 percent of them would choose behavioral therapy than medication
treatment of ADHD, if only they had been aware of the benefits of behavioral therapy in the fi
such medications for ADHD children is not bad, although it needs to be used in moderation. By
combining behavioral therapy when needed, these psychoactive medications are considered as a u
children.
With the use of behavioral therapy, children, teachers and parents can learn different skills
improve the child’s behavior in his daily life. The main focus for this type of therapy is on
relationships with peers and siblings, relationship with parents, failure in obeying adult req
in important areas. This can also reflect good parenting because of their interaction (behavio
child, better than just popping a psychoactive drug into the child’s brain. With children rece
would be less susceptible to side effects that go with the drugs such as stunting of growth an
This could also produce long-term benefits for ADHD children, like teaching them behavior and
eventually carry out into adulthood. When children with treatment medications become adults, t
their medication. As a result, the benefits of the said medication goes away, and it would be
skills to adolescents than with younger children.
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