Article Review
Article Review of The effects of long-term ADHD medication
Instructions:
Introduction/Opening Paragraph
1. Clearly and accurately present full bibliographical information about the work: titles, publishing information for books, dates and pages for articles.
EXAMPLE/ARTICLE:
Gleason, T.R., Sebanc, A.M. & Hartup, W.W. (2000). Imaginary companions of preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 36(4), 419-428.
2. Include one or more general statements that give a quick indication of the work’s contents and your reaction to it.
EXAMPLE: Growing up many children had an imaginary friend. Research shows that the family context plays an important role for those who do and do not have an imaginary friend.
Summary
1. In your summary, include all the significant points of the work, including the points the author emphasizes. A good rule of thumb is to keep it in the same order the writer uses. Stick to the main points. Use your own words and rephrase to let me know that you actually understand what the article is saying.
2. Explain the purpose or goal of the work, how did the researchers go about gathering this information, what kind of experiment did they use and what were the findings or results.
• The goal of the article
• How, when and where was information gathered
• What were the findings
• What was the point of this article
Format
The final paper should be typed, double-spaced on one side of white standard (8 1/2-by-11-inch) paper. 12 inch, Times New Romans or Arial font. Provide margins of one inch on all sides. The cover page should include your name, class and school. There is a minimum of 1 page. Meaning it should be very close to a FULL page, not less than half. The two sections should be labeled: Introduction and Summary
Solution.
Article Review of The effects of long-term ADHD medication
Introduction
Powell, S., Frydenberg, M. & Thomsen, P. (2015). The effects of long term medication on growth in children and adolescents with ADHD: An observatinal study of a large cohort of real-life patients. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 9(50), 1-13.
CS medication affects the final weight and heights of ADHD patients. Research shows that the extent of the effect experienced in children under CS medication is dependent on the dosage they receive (Powell, Frydenberg & Thomsen, 2015).
Summary
The article discusses the impact that the use of CS has on children that have ADHD. The authors examine the effects that these medications have on the stature and height of patients that use CS medication using experiments. The data collected leads to the conclusions that the CS treatment leads to reduction of growth in both the height and weight of the patients. This effect is most felt in children that record weight loss during the first year. The extent to which the effect is felt is dependent on the amount of dosages that a child receives. Their research revealed that the children that received CS treatment were shorter and lighters as compared to other children that did not receive this treatment. However, this effect was severe in some of these patients. This was dependent on the doses received as well as if the patient lost weight during the first year of treatment (Powell, Frydenberg & Thomsen, 2015).
The article was written in order to present to the public the growth effects of using the CS medication in children with ADHD as well highlight the groups that face most risks from using the medication. The data was collected for a period of 17 years. This involved 410 participants who were aged 7-21 years. The method used to collect this data was stratified sampling. The researchers identified a clinic that treated ADHD patients and recorded the patients’ progress (Powell, Frydenberg & Thomsen, 2015).
Reference
Powell, S., Frydenberg, M. & Thomsen, P. (2015). The effects of long term medication on growth in children and adolescents with ADHD: An observatinal study of a large cohort of real-life patients. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health, 9(50), 1-13
