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Neuropsychological Effects of Stimulant Medication on Children’s Learning and Behavior

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Stimulants are psychotropic drugs that produce excitation of the central nervous system (CNS). Stimulants have been used in the management of children and adolescents since the 1930s when Dr Charles Bradley first used Benzedrine to treat children with behavioral disturbances (Bradley, 1937).

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Brown, R.T., Daly, B.P. (2009). Neuropsychological Effects of Stimulant Medication on Children’s Learning and Behavior. In: Reynolds, C.R., Fletcher-Janzen, E. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78867-8_22

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