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Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children?
Stimulants have been shown to be safe and effective for reduction of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Despite much debate, however, there has been little empirical evidence as to whether stimulants affect authenticity and moral agency in children. Singh presents evidence tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23001921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100846 |
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description | Stimulants have been shown to be safe and effective for reduction of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Despite much debate, however, there has been little empirical evidence as to whether stimulants affect authenticity and moral agency in children. Singh presents evidence that stimulants do not undercut children's' sense of self and increase their experience of agency. These findings are consistent with laboratory evidence that stimulant drugs in therapeutic doses improve cognitive control over thought and behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-36643732013-05-31 Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? Hyman, Steven Edward J Med Ethics Commentary Stimulants have been shown to be safe and effective for reduction of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Despite much debate, however, there has been little empirical evidence as to whether stimulants affect authenticity and moral agency in children. Singh presents evidence that stimulants do not undercut children's' sense of self and increase their experience of agency. These findings are consistent with laboratory evidence that stimulant drugs in therapeutic doses improve cognitive control over thought and behavior. BMJ Publishing Group 2013-06 2012-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3664373/ /pubmed/23001921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100846 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode |
spellingShingle | Commentary Hyman, Steven Edward Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title | Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title_full | Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title_fullStr | Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title_full_unstemmed | Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title_short | Might stimulant drugs support moral agency in ADHD children? |
title_sort | might stimulant drugs support moral agency in adhd children? |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23001921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100846 |
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