ADHD drugs increasingly prescribed to treat hyperactivity in pre-schoolers

A fifth of educational psychologists say they know of children being given medication even though guidelines say other methods should be tried firstAn “alarming” number of pre-school children are being prescribed drugs to treat hyperactivity – contrary to medical guidelines that say they should not be used on children under six – because overstretched health workers go straight to medication rather than offering psychological interventions.More than a fifth of educational psychologists s