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2008:
EXCLUSIVE:
April 25: Children on
ADHD drugs should have heart test, -
US scientific statement follows fears the drugs can lead to sudden
cardiac death
Feb
20: No increased suicidal behaviour of children after anti-depressant
reduction -
study rebuffs concerns after doctors were advised not to prescribe
SSRIs to under 18s
2007:
Nov
21: Government to consider review of ADHD causes and treatments
- Lords statement made following peer's concerns over prescribing
for ADHD
Nov
14: "Investigate ADHD drugs" peer to urge
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Baroness Susan Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology, says "time
is ripe for an inquiry exploring the actual causes of ADHD"
 July
26: Prescriptions given to children for psychiatric diagnoses quadruples
in decade - figures obtained by David Laws, Liberal Democrat
shadow children's secretary, pictured left
Jan
31: Children sexually harassed on adult psychiatric wards, report
states - shortage of hospital beds and services for under 18-year-olds
blamed
2006:
Nov
10: Extra 100,000 young people treated by child and adolescent mental
health service teams
June
15: Prozac can be prescribed for children as young as eight –
but only if they are also having psychological therapy, European
drugs regulator rules.
May 10: Screen
test - A policy to screen the US population, including preschool
children, for undiagnosed mental illness is well underway. But is
screening effective and would it be accepted in the UK? Adam
James
investigates
Mental health
comment
Feb 14:
Disordered thinking? - the prescribing of ADHD drugs is soaring,
while concerns are escalating about dangerous side effects. Is it
time the social and family lives of ADHD-diagnosed children are
examined as much as their brains, asks Adam
James
Jan
31: Prescribing of drugs to treat ADHD children doubled in six years
- figures revealed by National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence as it starts work on ADHD clinical guidelines
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