What role should prescription stimulant medication play in a child’s ADHD treatment plan? Today, Gene and Khadijah are joined by Tony Rostain, MD, MA, chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Cooper University Health Care, to discuss this and more.

How do you talk to your child about stimulants? What side effects should you watch out for? How do you manage after-school rebound? If you’re a parent trying to navigate the stimulant shortage, Dr. Rostain has advice on that, too. PLUS, some cool info on the history of stimulants.

Read the episode transcript here.

Media List

Follow along with the conversation

• Anthony Rostain, MD, MA (Cooper University Health Care)
• What’s behind the ADHD drug shortage? (WBUR On Point)
• Stimulant Abuse: Pharmacology, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Treatment, Attempts at Pharmacotherapy (Primary Care via PubMed Central)
• Ask Ellen: How to Help Your Child Develop Executive Function Skills (MGH Clay Center on YouTube)
• Is It Safe to Use Stimulants to Treat ADHD? (MGH Clay Center)
• Understanding the Effects of Stimulant Medications on Cognition in Individuals with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Decade of Progress – Figure 4 (Nature)
• Adverse Effects of Stimulant Interventions for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Comprehensive Systematic Review (Cureus via PubMed Central)
• ADHD Medications for Children: 8 Questions from Parents (ADDitude)
• How stimulant treatment prevents serious outcomes of ADHD (Science Daily)
• Review: ADHD Stigma Is Prevalent Globally (ADDitude)
• What’s causing the unusually high number of drug shortages in the U.S. (PBS News Weekend)
• AACAP Comments on DEA Production Quota Notice for 2024 (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)

Thanks for joining in this conversation. We’ll see you back here the THIRD Thursday of every month. Subscribe wherever you stream.

Music by Gene Beresin

Episode research by Spenser Egnatz

Episode produced by Sara Rattigan

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