Taking away recess bad for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder kids

Source: Webindia123

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behave better when they exercise, a new study has revealed. Over the last few years, studies in animals and people with ADHD have shown exercise may reduce impulsivity a ...
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No more shackled students

Source: The Clarion-Ledger

Jackson Public Schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on better methods of discipline. Mississippi's second-largest school district agreed Friday to the settlement with th ...
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Mississippi school district agrees to not handcuff students to objects

Source: MSNBC

(Reuters) - The Jackson, Mississippi, school district has agreed to stop shackling students to fixed objects, after it was sued for handcuffing pupils to railings and poles at a school for troubled children, officials said on Friday ...
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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.: Overcoming Stigma and Improving Mental Health in America

Source: The Huffington Post

Written in collaboration with Deepa Kannappan Although an estimated 44 million adults and 13.7 million children in America have a diagnosable mental disorder each year, the issue of mental health remains surrounded ...
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Critical Review

Source: OpPapers.com

APA Citation Grosswald, S. J., Stixrud, W. R., Travis, F., ...
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Study: Exercise Improves Memory, Helps Alleviate ADHD

Source: Wired

We’ve long known exercise has a wonderful effect on the brain. It makes you happier, evens your temperament and can even mitigate the painful withdrawal from heroin addiction. Now evidence suggests being active improves cognition and memory a ...
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ADHD drug use on the rise

Source: NEWS.com.au

THE number of prescriptions to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has more than doubled across Australia in less than a decade. Analysis of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data shows the prescription of ADHD drugs Ritalin, Concerta and Dex ...
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Autism in America: Many Kids Aren't Diagnosed Until Age 5 -- or Older

Source: iVillage.com

THURSDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- Even though autism symptoms typically emerge before age 3, most children with autism are diagnosed when they're 5 or older, a new snapshot of autism in America shows. M ...
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Teenage thug fails in appeal over sentence

Source: This is Hampshire

A TEENAGE thug who was locked up after battering an “acutely vulnerable” young man in an unprovoked attack has failed in an appeal against his sentence. The 15-year-old from Andover joined in a vicious attack on 20-year-old Darren ...
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