This book focuses our attention on one popular

movement in recent years, namely the ever-increasing

demand for stimulants for emotional wellbeing and

performance enhancement. Whereas, the paradoxical

response to stimulants in children with true ADHD which

is thought to be protective against misuse, the regular

ingestion of substances like Adderall® in normal

individuals can lead to abuse and life-threatening

complications particularly in our older population.

Drs. Creelman, Koo and Yvorchuk are active clinicians

caring for patients on a daily basis and members of the

faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine.

This text contains a discussion of the gross overexpansion

of diagnosing the problem of ADHD, the

unintended consequences of over-diagnosing and overprescribing

for the condition as well as viable solutions

for the population that is currently being harmed.