Is Ritalin Over Prescribed?

1 Is Ritalin Over prescribed? In the present time, drugs are being prescribed without any hesitation. And many are prescribed to children. With different views on the topic specialists are asked: Is this drug being misused or is this an appropriate treatment? The debate of this controversial drug continues. To begin, professionals have increased their focus now more on the behaviors of adolescents. Due to the fact of out of control children and violent incidents occurring …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…treatment of Ritalin is beneficial to children with problematic behaviors. I don’t think it is a solution to the normal adolescent who does not pay close attention and who is hyperactive. I think the problem is that if the child is borderline ADHD that the professionals take that as an indication that medical treatment is necessary. Therefore more children being prescribed a drug for behaviors that they could grow out of in later years.