Nearly 1 million children potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD
Michigan State University News on August 17, 2010.
Nearly 1 million children in the United States are potentially misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder simply because they are the youngest and most immature in their kindergarten class.
http://news.msu.edu/story/8160/

Study Shows Birth Dates, School Enrollment Dates Affect ADHD Diagnosis Rates
North Carolina State University Newsroom on August 17, 2010.
Researchers found large discrepancies in diagnosis and treatment rates of children with ADHD based on small differences in children's dates of birth.
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsmorrillADHD/

Influence of Limit-Setting and Participation in Physical Activity on Youth Screen Time
By Susan Carlson et. al. Pediatrics: June 14, 2010; 126, e89-96.
Research reports that parents who have knowledge regarding recommended limits for screen time, and set limits for their children accordingly, have children who are less likely to exceed those limits.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/126/1/e89

Television and Video Game Exposure and the Development of Attention Problems
By Edward Swing et. al. Pediatrics: July 5, 2010; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1508.
Study reports that viewing television and playing video games each are associated with increased subsequent attention problems in childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/peds.2009-1508v1

Altered Regional Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Internet Game Overusers: A 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Study
By Hyun Soo Park, MS et. al. CNS Spectrums. 2010;15(3):159-166
Study shows internet and internet game overuse are similar to pathological gambling, which is a type of impulse control disorder involving the inability to resist the impulse to perform an action that is harmful to oneself or others.
http://www.cnsspectrums.com/aspx/articledetail.aspx?articleid=2605

Ethical and Scientific Implications of the Globalization of Clinical Research
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 2009; 360:816-823 on February 19, 2009
One third of the phase 3 clinical drug trials are being conducted solely outside the United States. A review is suggested to ensure the ethical and scientific integrity of clinical research globally.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb0803929

Efficacy and Effectiveness of Antidepressants: Current Status of Research
By Edmund Pigott et. al. for Psychotherapy and Psychsomatics in 2010;79:267-279
Review of four meta-analyses of FDA trials suggest that antidepressants are only marginally efficacious compared to placebos and document profound publication bias that inflates their apparent efficacy.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=318293

Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns
By Dimitri Christakis et. al. for the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2009.
Audible television is associated with decreased exposure to discernible human adult speech and decreased child vocalizations, explaining the association between infant television exposure and delayed language development.
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/163/6/554

Today's college kids are 40-per-cent less empathetic
by Zosia Bielski for the June 1, 2010 Globe and Mail
Study finds Facebook and MySpace cited as major forces in the rise of narcissism and the ability to ignore others pain
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/work/todays-college-kids-are-
40-per-cent-less-empathetic-study-finds/article1587609/

Universal prevention of depression in women postnatally
By T. S. Brugha et. al. for Psychological Medicine, July 2, 2010.
The use of "Health Visitors" offering psychological support to new moms after childbirth resulted in 30% less depression.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=7873957&jid=
&volumeId=&issueId=-1&aid=7873832&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession=

Mental Health, Personality, and Parental Rearing Styles of Adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder
By Huang Xiuqin et. al, for Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, Volume 13, Number 4, 2010
Adolescents with IAD (internet addiction disorder) consistently rated parental rearing behaviors as being over-intrusive, punitive, and lacking in responsiveness.
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/cyber.2009.0222