Responses to methylphenidate in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and normal children: Update 2002

@article{Rapoport2002ResponsesTM,
  title={Responses to methylphenidate in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and normal children: Update 2002},
  author={Judith L. Rapoport and Gale Inoff-Germain},
  journal={Journal of Attention Disorders},
  year={2002},
  volume={6},
  pages={57 - 60}
}
Since the positive effects of stimulants on disruptive behavior were described (Bradley a Bowen, 1941), further pediatric study has been limited almost exclusively to samples of hyperkinetic school-age children. Because these agents normally were viewed as arousing in their effects on the central nervous system, but were calming in their therapeutic effects on these children, stimulant effects on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were interpreted as being “paradoxical.” Investigation of effects… 
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