World Mar 10, 2015

Court documents: Wisconsin shooting victim was impulsive

An unarmed black man fatally shot by a white Wisconsin police officer suffered from attention-deficit disorder and tended to be an impulsive risk-taker, court documents show. Documents connected to 19-year-old Tony Robinson's conviction last year for armed robbery show he was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety ...

National / Science & Health Jan 14, 2015

More Japanese children being prescribed psychotropic drugs

by Shusuke Murai

A growing number of Japanese children are being prescribed psychotropic drugs to treat depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and schizophrenia, according to a study by government-funded medical institutes. In particular, the number of ADHD drug prescriptions for patients aged between 13 and 18 years ...