Psychiatria pre prax 4/2008

STIMULANTS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT OUTPATIENT CARE

Stimulants represent medicaments of the first choice for the treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents. The caution associated with their prescription has in our country intelligible historical and medical causes. The target of this article is to disperse doubts about this therapy and to encourage psychiatrists to use methylphenidate in ADHD treatment.

Keywords: ADHD, stimulans, targets, apprehensions, benefit