When Doctors Discriminate

Published August 18, 2013

When Doctors Discriminate
As a result, many of us end up in emergency rooms — where doctors, confronted with an endless stream of drug addicts who come to their door looking for an easy fix — are often all too willing to equate mental illness with drug-seeking behavior and …
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Ritalin Britain: prescriptions up 50 per cent from 2007
The number of drugs handed out for hyperactivity in the UK has gone up by 56 per cent since 2007, a report into prescriptions says. And the rise is down to increased diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, in both adults and …
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Morning Rounds with Dr. LaPook: Dangers of ADHD Rx abuse
That can lead those without ADHD to become physiologically and psychologically dependent on the drug, LaPook explained. The release of chemicals controlling euphoria in the brain causes this dependency. Symptoms of withdrawal, depending on how …
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