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Adderall Abuse Among College Students. (n.d.). Desert Cove Recovery. Retrieved from
https://desertcoverecovery.com/blog/adderall-abuse-among-college-students/
This article has a lot of useful information for my capstone paper. One of the areas that
this paper will cover is how prescription medication for ADHD is getting into colleges, and the
effect that it has there. The article is from a drug rehabilitation center’s website which addresses
the topic of ADHD medication, specifically Adderall, makes its way into college campuses, and
the effect that it has once there. It contains subjects such as how prevalent Adderall abuse is
among college students, the health risks and dangers of it, how students obtain it, and what their
attraction to it is. All of these things will be useful in the Capstone when this area is covered. In
addition, the article contains some good visuals for the health risks associated with Adderall
abuse that can be used in a presentation of the capstone. Since the article is from a drug recovery
ADHD update: New data on the risks of medication. (2006, October). Harvard Health
This is a great article containing basically all of the physical side effects of ADHD.
medications. It includes a recent study finding 12 strokes and 20 sudden deaths in adults and
children who use stimulant medications as treatments for ADHD. It also brings to light the aspect
of reliance, which was previously left undiscussed for a while. This will be a good article to use
because while it has some supporting factors of my argument, it ultimately supports the other
side in favor of medication, concluding that in most cases where people are properly diagnosed,
the medicine’s benefits outweigh their side effects. This article is credible as it comes from a
Bjorn, S., Weyandt, L. (2018, September 28). Issues Pertaining to Misuse of ADHD Prescription
This article is on a website that is based around psychology and mental illness treatment,
so it is a good source to use. It discusses basically the entire process for receiving ADHD
medication. It begins with talking about the reasons that people get prescribed medication for
ADHD, then furthers to discuss the misuse of these drugs. The findings lead into different areas
such as colleges, as well as in the workplace. It gives credibility to the medications when used
properly, but makes clear just how dangerous they can be. The article talks about addiction and
reliance, as well as how difficult it can be to take yourself off of the drug, all of which can be
used in the capstone in discussing how ADHD medications are ruining our generation by
Boorady, R. (n.d.). The Facts on ADHD Medications. Child Mind Institute. Retrieved from
https://childmind.org/article/the-facts-on-adhd-medications/
This article includes facts about why children are prescribed ADHD medication, as well
as how effective the drugs are for them. It even discusses alternative medications that aren’t
stimulants, and how they are nowhere near as effective as stimulants are in treating the disorder.
This source is credible because of the website it is on, which specializes in children's’ mental
health. Similar to some of the other articles used, it doesn’t get into much depth, which is
acceptable because this is only the beginning stages of research, so it will be beneficial in
providing some baseline research. This article will be used to support the idea that the process of
finding the right medication is very meticulous and it takes very long, but the other alternatives
Hinshaw, S. P., & Scheffler, R. M. (2014). The ADHD explosion: myths, medication, money, and
today's push for performance. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
This book encapsulates a large majority of the topic of ADHD medications and their
physical and societal impacts. It covers aspects such as the economic impacts of ADHD
medications, treatments for ADHD and how effective they are, the medications’ potential for
abuse, the stigma behind what type of people are typically prescribed it, and much more. All of
this comprehensive information can be used as supporting information to drive studies about the
long and short term negative effects of ADHD, and how stereotypes play a role in the diagnosis
Hogue, Aaron. (2015, May 5). What Parents Need to Know About ADHD Medication Abuse.
This website contains useful statistics and information about ADHD medication addiction
and abuse. It lists reasons for abuse, as well as tips to reduce abuse. Additionally, it says that
ADHD medications can be used to stop substance abuse from other drugs, but often this results
in abuse of that medication used to stop abusing. It contains a very staggering statistic, stating
that in 2013, it was reported that over 9% of high school seniors abused ADHD prescription
medications, with Adderall being the most common. This will support the idea of college
students using ADHD medications when not prescribed it, giving evidence that the root of the
Rothenberger, Aribert. (2007, June 1). Informing the ADHD Debate. Scientific American.
This article is extremely informative and will be very useful in my research about ADHD
Medications. It starts out by recounting an example of a girl who was diagnosed with ADHD and
the effect that medications had on her. It goes on to talk about the causes of ADHD, as well as
the debate over prescribing medications for it. A very interesting point that is in this article is a
study that found that when rats were given stimulant drugs (like those prescribed for ADHD)
before sexual maturity, they grew to have fewer dopamine transporters than the rest. This can
support ideas about how ADHD physically results in reliance (by causing users to have to
continue using the drugs even if they no longer have the disorder because they need them to have
normal dopamine levels). Additionally, it concludes by saying that there is not a lot understood
about the true long term effects of these medications. This will go hand in hand with the fact that
Differing from the rest of the sources, I have already reached out to and planned an
interview with Mrs. Rutkowski. She has a lot of knowledge on specific areas pertaining to
ADHD and the medication effects. Mrs. Rutkowski has children who have ADHD, but she
decided not to medicate them, but rather use other natural methods as a remedy. I plan to receive
her input on why she believes that medicating ADHD sufferers is a bad option. Additionally, I
plan to ask her how well the natural methods of remedy have worked for her children. I can use
the information she provides to help support points that I plan to make in my paper about how
prescribing medications is often seen as the easy way out. Mrs. Rutkowski is a credible source to
use because she has a lot of personal experience with this specific issue, and it will be interesting
to see a viewpoint of someone who isn’t in favor of medicating for the treatment of ADHD.
Vedantum, S. (2009, March 27). Debate Over Drugs for ADHD Reignites. The Washington Post.
This article consists of the debate over how well medication works in treating ADHD. It
discusses the long-term side effects of the medications, and uses long term research studies as
supporting evidence, giving it credibility to use as a source. It discusses how medication impacts
those with ADHD physically, mentally, and societally. This is a reliable source to use because it
ties in well to the topic. It isn’t very long and doesn’t go into too much depth, but it will be good
to use as a general resource for information. It is slightly biased not in support of medicating
those diagnosed with ADHD, which will be interesting considering most sources found are in
support.
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WebMD Staff. (2017, May 10). ADHD: Alternative Treatments. WebMD. R
https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/adhd-alternative-treatments#1
This article should work very well with my interview that I plan to conduct. It contains
information on how effective alternative treatments to ADHD are. It uses long-term studies to
support the statistics on how effective alternatives are. The article lists everything from a change
from an online medical database. While this article won’t be used very largely in the paper, it