Psychiatric News: Charges of Overdiagnsis, Overmedication of ADHD Are Exaggerated, Study Shows

site URL - http://www.psych.org/pnews/98-05-01/adhd.html

Site description: Summarizes an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).




Topic: Top/Society/Issues/Education/Behavior_Medication

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