JUDGE SLAMS DOCTORS OVER "RITALIN KIDS" CRIMEWAVE

ADHD is Attention Hyperactivity Disorder - a behavioural dysfunction which gets diagnosed primarily from a check list of unacceptable behaviours. ADHD does exist, but requires a compehensive assessment ruling out other causes of the behaviours and confirming the presence of brain dysfunction. The most often used treatment, is to medicate first, ask questions later. And the most common drug of choice is "Ritalin". This is a stimulant which has been found to have a paradoxical effect at low doses - in other words - when you are a little bit high you are easier to get along with.

BUT, there is a lot of controversy in regards to the possible short and long term negative effects of drugs like Ritalin and Dexamphetamine: This article exposes one of the biggest worries...

Judge says 'Ritalin kids' committing violent crimes

Ritalin prescriptions at 264,000 from 11,114 in 1992

A NSW judge has slammed doctors for creating a generation of 'Ritalin kids' now committing violent crimes and coming before the courts.

Judge Paul Conlon said attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was the most over-diagnosed condition in the community, with "naughty kids whacked" on to drugs like the powerful stimulant Ritalin.

Last year there were more than 264,000 prescriptions for Ritalin issued in Australia, compared to just 11,114 prescriptions written in 1992.

Judge Conlon said he was worried because the effect on the mental health of children who were given powerful drugs they did not need was unknown.

"I have huge concerns. The tide of cases is amazing," Judge Conlon, a former Crown prosecutor and now judge in the NSW District Court, said.

"I am starting to lose count of (the number of) offenders coming before the courts who were diagnosed at a very young age with ADHD for which they were 'medicated'."

With Australia's ADHD rates among the highest in the world and 32,000 NSW schoolchildren now on medication for it, the judge's comments will renew controversy about the use of Ritalin.
Judge Conlon said he was also seeing signs that children prescribed psycho-stimulant drugs like Ritalin went on to develop addiction to drugs like methamphetamines.

"My own research indicates that ADHD is perhaps the most over-diagnosed condition in today's society," he said.

"If that is correct, do we really know what are the long-term effects of those drugs and chemicals on the mental health of those young persons so diagnosed?"

He urged health professionals whom he knew had concerns to become more vocal, saying it was too easy for GPs and psychiatrists to "tick the diagnostic boxes" and come up with ADHD.

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