Why Stimulant Medication Helps ADHD -- and How Stigma Can Hurt

Happy ADHD Awareness Month! In honor of that, and hitting half a million subscribers (eeee!!!), I decided to ask Dr. Carolyn Lentzch-Parcells (www.gtw-health.com) to come talk about stimulant medication -- and help bust some of the stigma that keeps people from treating their ADHD. #ADHD #treatment #stigma -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Facebook:   / howtoadhd   Twitter:   / howtoadhd   Support us on Patreon:   / howtoadhd   WE WROTE A SONG!! Get the “The Fish Song” on... ...iTunes: http://bit.ly/fishsongitunes ...Google Music: http://bit.ly/fishsonggp ...Amazon: http://bit.ly/fishsongamazon LINKS:    • Why Stimulants Help ADHD   References  The MTA Cooperative Group: A 14-Month randomized clinical trial of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Arch Gen Psychiatry 1999;56:1073-1086.  Molina BSG, Hinshaw S.P., Swanson J.M., Arnold, L.E., Vitiello B, Jensen PS, Epstein JN, Hoza B, Hechtman L., Abikoff, H.B., Elliott GR, Greenhill LL, Newcorn, JH, Wells KC, Wigal TL, Severe JB, Gibbons RD, Hur K, Houck PR, and the MTA Cooperative Group: The MTA at 8 years: prospective follow-up of children treated for combined type ADHD in a multisite study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009;48:484-500.  Barbaresi, William J. MD (Guideline Panel Chair) * ; Campbell, Lisa MD † ; Diekroger, Elizabeth A. MD ‡ ; Froehlich, Tanya E. MD § ; Liu, Yi Hui MD, MPH ‖ ; O'Malley, Eva ¶ ; Pelham, William E. Jr PhD, ABPP ** ; Power, Thomas J. PhD, ABPP †† ; Zinner, Samuel H. MD ‡‡ ; Chan, Eugenia MD, MPH *  Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Complex Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics: February/March 2020 - Volume 41 - Issue - p S35-S57 doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000770  Krull, Kevin. Pharmacology of drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents. UpToDate: February 2020.  Wolraich, Mark L, Joseph F. Hagan Jr, Carla Allan, Eugenia Chan, Dale Davison, Marian Earls, Steven W. Evans, Suan K. Flinn, Tanya Froehlish, Jennifer Frost, Joseph R. Holbrook, Christoph Ulrich Lehmann, Herschel Robert Lessin, Kymika, Okechukwu, Karen L Pierce, Jonathan D. Winner, William Zurhellen and SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVE DISORDER. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics 2019; 144; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2528.  Barkley RA, Fischer M. Hyperactive Child Syndrome and Estimated Life Expectancy at Young Adult Follow-Up: The Role of ADHD Persistence and Other Potential Predictors. J Atten Disord. 2019 Jul;23(9):907-923. doi: 10.1177/1087054718816164. Epub 2018 Dec 10. PMID: 30526189. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Music for "Why Stimulant Medication is Used to Treat ADHD (& why we feel weird about it)" "The Show Must Be Go” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...