Study finds surprising correlation between states’ elevation and ADHD prevalence

By Dr. David Rabiner | September 8, 2020 |

Who would have thought that chil­dren liv­ing at high­er alti­tudes have low­er risk of devel­op­ing ADHD than peers at low­er ele­va­tion lev­els? As the research described below sug­gests, how­ev­er, this may be the case. The impe­tus for this study is the well-doc­u­­men­t­ed region­al vari­a­tion in the preva­lence of ADHD in youth. For exam­ple, nation­al data for…

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Misuse & Abuse of ADHD Meds among college students: Updated review of a growing concern

By Dr. David Rabiner | March 26, 2013

The mis­use and abuse of pre­scrip­tion med­ica­tion is a grow­ing con­cern. I remem­ber speak­ing with col­leagues 15–20 years ago as reports about the non­med­ical use of stim­u­lant med­ica­tions used to treat ADHD (non­med­ical use is defined as use by indi­vid­u­als with­out a pre­scrip­tion) were first appear­ing in the media. At the time, these were generally…

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