ADHD Treatment Improves Teens' Grades, Confidence

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"Mark Probert" (Mark ) writes:
ADHD Treatment Improves Teens' Grades, Confidence

I think there are studies showing that taking drugs
can improve some peoples' grades.

But, as far as I know there is no study establishing
with statistical significance that taking drugs can
have a positive long-term effect on grades after
the drugs are stopped (or in comparison with
another group who begin to take drugs later).

Once you have the grades, they do not revert to lower ones after
stopping
medication.

Provide some proof, not opinion, to support that

Hook...line...sinker...

Once the grades are recorded in the child's permanent records in the school,
no one goes back to change them if the child stops taking medication. That
is the meaning of "once you have them."

However, like I said, and you snipped, meds do not cure, but do help get
better grades. If you doubt that, look it up in the archives.

"Mark Probert" (Mark ) writes:
The recent studies seem to show just that, i.e. they do better in the long
run. Studies show that they are less likely to waste their lives as convicts
and drug addicts. Net effect of medication is a benefit.

Citations?

"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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A drug might increase the behaviour
of listening to the teacher, but at the
same time it is necessarily decreasing some
other activity. It's not clear that overall
net learning is improved by the drugs on average.

Provide some proof, not opinion, to support that.

My point is that I haven't seen studies showing
long-term benefit. You say there are such.
The ball is in your court.
--
Cathy
A *much* better world is possible.

"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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"Mark Probert" (Mark ) writes:
The recent studies seem to show just that, i.e. they do better in the
long
run. Studies show that they are less likely to waste their lives as
convicts
and drug addicts. Net effect of medication is a benefit.

Citations?

https://www.aaap.org/newsletter/fa%20insert.pdf

"Catherine Woodgold" wrote in message
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A drug might increase the behaviour
of listening to the teacher, but at the
same time it is necessarily decreasing some
other activity. It's not clear that overall
net learning is improved by the drugs on average.

Provide some proof, not opinion, to support that.

My point is that I haven't seen studies showing
long-term benefit.

Have you looked?

You say there are such.
The ball is in your court.

You have made several claims and you do not back them up. YOU made them YOU
document them. Demonstrate that medication "necessarily decreas[es] some
other activity" as you claim.