Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulant medications as cognitive enhancers
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) stimulant medications as cognitive enhancers
Recent increases in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses, and the escalation of stimulant prescriptions, has raised concern about diversion and abuse of stimulants, as well as the ethics of using these drugs as "cognitive enhancers."Such concern appears misplaced in the face of substantial evidence that stimulant drugs do not improve the academic performance of ADHD-diagnos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Neuroscience
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1662-453X
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00082