Authors of a 1999 paper that promoted medication over behavioral therapy for A.D.H.D., in fact dismissing behavioral therapy as unnecessary in light of the apparent benefits of medication, are concerned that the study oversold the benefits of drugs to the detriment of important skills-building, according to the New York Times. “I hope it didn’t do irreparable damage,” says one author, “The people who pay the price in the end is the kids. That’s the biggest tragedy of all this.”
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