Ritalin and other stimulants are commonly used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary-age children because they reduce disruptive and allow children to focus. A new study has found that Ritalin can also improve the academic performance and behavior of teenagers.
Steven W. Evans, Ph.D., and colleagues William E. Pelham Jr., Ph.D., and Bradley H. Smith, Ph.D., have found that the use of Ritalin combined with behavior modification, can improve teenagers diagnosed with ADHD performance in note taking, assignments and test scores, without significant side effects.
It was found that while the teens were taking the medication, they were more likely to get their schoolwork finished more accurately than when taking a placebo. In fact, the research showed that scores improved an average of seventeen percent, or two or three letter grades.
The subjects of the study were forty-five teens that were diagnosed with ADHD who had enrolled in a University of......
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