ADD, ADHD, Drugs, Depression and Suicide in Children

10 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2008 Last revised: 23 Oct 2010

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Niccolo Leo Caldararo

San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology

Date Written: March 3, 2008

Abstract

Cross-cultural research has placed in question the ADD/ADHD syndrome. Drugs for the treatment of ADD/ADHD may predispose children for depression and suicide. Dietary and behavioral research places new emphasis on cultural aspects of the etiology of high activity children. MRI studies of children's brains as evidence for this syndrome are variable and inconsistent and may be artifacts of limited comparative data and analytical procedures.

Keywords: ADD, ADHD, Children, drugs, behavioral modification

JEL Classification: I18

Suggested Citation

Caldararo, Niccolo Leo, ADD, ADHD, Drugs, Depression and Suicide in Children (March 3, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1101877 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1101877

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