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CDC warns that Americans may be overmedicating youngest children with ADHD - Washington Post
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 687509" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/cdc-warns-that-americans-may-be-overmedicating-two-to-five-year-olds-with-adhd/" target="_blank"><strong>CDC warns that Americans may be overmedicating youngest children with ADHD - Washington Post</strong></a></p><p></p><p>U.S. health officials are urging parents of preschoolers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to try behavior therapy first before trying drugs — and they're calling on insurers to cover the treatments.</p><p></p><p>The concern comes from new statistics that show a troubling gap between recommended practices for treating the youngest Americans and what's happening on the ground at doctors' offices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that parents of young children with the diagnosis try behavior therapy first, but less than half are receiving such services. Meanwhile, an eyebrow-raising 75 percent are receiving drugs as treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 687509, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/cdc-warns-that-americans-may-be-overmedicating-two-to-five-year-olds-with-adhd/'][B]CDC warns that Americans may be overmedicating youngest children with ADHD - Washington Post[/B][/URL] U.S. health officials are urging parents of preschoolers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to try behavior therapy first before trying drugs — and they're calling on insurers to cover the treatments. The concern comes from new statistics that show a troubling gap between recommended practices for treating the youngest Americans and what's happening on the ground at doctors' offices. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that parents of young children with the diagnosis try behavior therapy first, but less than half are receiving such services. Meanwhile, an eyebrow-raising 75 percent are receiving drugs as treatment. [/QUOTE]
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