ADHD Medication Overuse

Paper Summary:

The writer presents a research paper that analyzes the literature on ADHD medication overuse. The research paper is categorized into the primary components of clinical judgment analysis, research designs and approaches, data collection, researchable topics, study dissemination and research findings in practice application.

Outline:
Introduction
The Analysis Research Processes & Clinical Nursing Judgment
The Research Designs & Approaches
Basic Methods of Data Collection
Researchable Problems in Nursing: Research Hypotheses
Ethical & Legal Considerations
Dissemination of Research Findings
The Practice of Research Findings
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Medication misuse, abuse and overuse have been a major trend of consequence not only for those who are presently suffering from the condition of ADHD but also those who are evidently negative in the condition statement. ADHD patients tend to overuse the utilization of these drugs due to their freedom of intake, granted with no proper and adequate supervision. The prevalence of the research findings are, indeed, discreet yet overwhelming as for those who adhere to ADHD drugs as means of their drug dependence. Particularly adults and adolescents in high school and college levels, these groups are the major prevalent individuals who utilize these drugs as their means of satisfying their needs, not as for medication purposes, but rather for substance use."

Sample of Sources Used:

• ADHD Medication Misuse. (2006, Sep). Retrieved Oct 25, 2007, from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration : http://www.samhsa.gov/SAMHSA_News/VolumeXIV_5/article20.htm
• American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition . Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
• Hall, K., Irwin, M., Bowman, K., Frankenberger, W., & Jewett, D. (2005). Illicit use of prescribed stimulant medication among college students. Journal of American College Health, v53 n4 , 167-174.
• How Common is Misuse and Diversion of Stimulant Medications? . (2002). Retrieved Oct 25, 2007, from adhdinfo: http://www.adhdinfo.com/startnow/startnow_parents7.jsp
• McCabe, S. E., Teter, C. J., & Boyd, C. J. (2004). The Use, Misuse and Diversion of Prescription

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