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SCIENCE
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THE BATTALION
Tuesday, May 2J
Pediatricians release ADHD guidelines Tlltl
CHICAGO (AP) — The Ameri
can Academy of Pediatrics on Mon
day issued its first guidelines for di
agnosing attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
hoping to prevent merely rambunc
tious youngsters from being over-
medicated while ensuring other chil
dren get the help they need.
Recent research shows dramatic
increases in the use of drugs like Ri
talin to treat children with ADHD,
suggesting the disorder is either be
coming more common or is being
overdiagnosed. Many experts worry
that some doctors and parents are
treating typical childhood misbehav
ior as an illness.
The academy, the nation's largest
group of pediatricians, said it is un
clear whether the disorder is being
overdiagnosed, because there are
such wide variations nationwide in
how doctors define and treat it.
The academy said it believes the
new guidelines will standardize the
diagnosis and make it easier to iden
tify which children really need help.
Guidelines for treating ADHD arc
still being developed.
“We’d like to help us all (diagnose)
more accurately,” said Dr. James M.
Perrin, an author of the guidelines and
an associate professor of pediatrics at
Harvard Medical School.
Between 4 percent and 12 percent
of school-age children or as many
as 3.8 million youngsters, most of
them boys — are believed to have
ADHD. Symptoms include short at
tention span, impulsive behavior, and
difficulty focusing and sitting still.
Ritalin is often prescribed to in
crease a child's alertness. But many
experts have pointed out that its long
term effects on children are unknown.
For a diagnosis of ADHD®
the new guidelines, a child musi
hibit symptoms in at least two
tings, such as at home and atsck
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least six months.
The guidelines are forchildn
through 12. Most ADHD rese;
has involved that age group,
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