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Policy Implications And Perceptions Of African American Men Who Used Ritalin As Children, Divine Ayivor
Policy Implications And Perceptions Of African American Men Who Used Ritalin As Children, Divine Ayivor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Even though there are high diagnosis rates of ADHD among young African American
men, policy makers and parents have largely viewed the use of Ritalin as a psychotrop
ic
drug that raises public health concerns. African American parents may be reluctant to
treat their children pharmacologically. Very few studies have fully explored the
perceptions of African American men
about the consequences of their
Ritalin
use
as
chi
ldren. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of African
American men who used Ritalin as children
so that
policy makers
and
parents of children
with ADHD
might
better …