There's a reason for the Harvard bit in the headline: the Harvard ADHD/Bipolar Child--that would be child psychiatrists Tim Wilens and Joe Biederman, both objects of a Senate investigation into not properly disclosing their Big Pharma funding--are out with a new bit of covering-their-asses research. Most of you likely know that some studies have shown that kids on ADHD drugs have an increased risk of drug abuse and that just hasn't sat well with some forces in child psychiatry (mostly the true believers at Mass. General) who continue to ask the question: "Do ADHD meds lead to drug abuse in kids with ADHD?" Certainly, the street would answer "Yes." Scratch a teen with ADHD and you'll find a smoker, a joker and a midnight toker. Recently, Biederman had a paper out in the American Journal of Psychiatry, claiming that 10 years of...
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