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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 - 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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