Clinical Psychiatry News articles from July 2003

Clinical Psychiatry News archives from July 2003

Depression Tx: new tools abound. (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- A mind-numbing slew of acronyms represent a recent boom in brain-stimulating technologies to treat psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Besides the old standby ECT, there's now MST, TMS, VNS, and DBS. The newer modalities...

High court ruling on forced meds garners praise: strict limits placed on when the mentally ill can be medicated against their will. (APA's Stance Prevails).
July 1, 2003... Mental health clinicians are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mentally ill defendants may be forcibly medicated to make them competent to stand trial--but only after prosecutors have met strict requirements. The justices...

Gene is identified that causes bipolar in some: finding is 'a double, not a home run'. (Families of Northern European Descent).
July 1, 2003... A research team at the University of California, San Diego, has identified a single mutation in a single gene that might play a key role in as much as 10% of bipolar disorder. The gene, G protein receptor kinase 3 (GRK3), controls a...

Top 10 diagnoses in psychiatry office visits in 2002. (Vital Signs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... VITAL SIGNS Top 10 Diagnoses in Psychiatry Office Visits in 2002 % of Office Visits Major Depressive Disorder, Single 14.4 Episode Depressive Disorder NEC 12.4...

FDA acts to speed approval of generics. (Regulatory Challenges).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Starting in August, drug companies will no longer be able to use regulatory challenges to prevent generics from entering the market and competing with their products when patents expire, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In a...

Monkeypox signals threat of emerging infections. (U.S. Officials on Edge).
July 1, 2003... Like severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile virus before it, the monkeypox virus outbreak in the upper Midwest offered more evidence that emerging infectious diseases no longer respect national, or even continental, boundaries. ...

Paroxetine may increase suicide risk in children. (Safety Data Pending).
July 1, 2003... Paroxetine should not be used to treat depression in children or adolescents with major depressive disorder, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Paroxetine (Paxil) has not been shown to be effective for the treatment of...

For psychiatric patients, suicide risk is far higher soon after discharge. (Within 28 Days).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Psychiatric patients are at an increased risk for suicide immediately after they are discharged from psychiatric hospitals, said Dr. Ting-Pong Ho of Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. A follow-up study of 21,921 patients aged over 15 years who...

Fewer WBC checks urged in clozapine cases. (FDA Panel Votes 10-1).(white blood cell)
July 1, 2003... GAITHERSBURG, MD. -- A federal advisory panel has agreed that the frequency of white blood cell monitoring in people on clozapine could be reduced to a once-monthly schedule after a period of biweekly monitoring. By a vote of 10-1, the...

AMA reassesses its priorities amid woes. (Mental Health Parity Supported).
July 1, 2003... CHICAGO -- With a reorganization plan on the cutting room floor, the American Medical Association might need to refocus on its priorities in order to boost ailing membership rolls. A special committee charged with reviewing the AMA's...

Programs for girls in juvenile detention. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The House of Delegates declared its intention to work with appropriate groups to strengthen gender-specific rehabilitation programs, mental health, and educational services for girls in juvenile detention centers. The resolution, sponsored by...

End-of-life pain management. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The emotional issue of physician-assisted suicide took the stage as the House of Delegates voted to urge the federal government to stop its "harassment of physicians" by using federal law to attempt to place licensure restrictions or to have...

Physician reimbursement. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The delegates voted for a resolution calling for the AMA to "aggressively pursue legislation and regulation to protect physician payment and thereby ensure patient access to physicians." Dr. David A. Ingis of Willingboro, N.J., brushed aside...

House staff self-governance. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The delegates voted almost unanimously to support the medical staffs of hospitals in California and Ohio in their fights against hospital administrators' efforts to rewrite medical staff bylaws, take over the medical staff dues accounts,...

Resident duty hours. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The House voted to encourage the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to vigorously enforce its standards on resident work hours. Several residents and directors of residency programs spoke in favor of the reduced work hours,...

Graphic tobacco warnings. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The House of Delegates voted to support legislation to change warnings on tobacco products. The changes would include increasing the size of warnings to as large as half of the front of the package, including color photographs of such images as...

Boutique medicine. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The House expressed concern about retainer fees to physicians. "The standard of care cannot depend on the patient's ability to pay," said Dr. Robert Sade, a member of the AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs that presented the report....

Medicare deductibles and copayments. (AMA Briefs).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The AMA will seekfederal legislation to require secondary insurers to pay Medicare deductibles and copayments, regardless of how much Medicare pays for the service. Short of that the delegates voted to urge insurance companies to make such...

Western U.S. is next frontier for West Nile virus. (Summer Forecast).
July 1, 2003... West Nile virus may march westward during the summer of 2003, promulgating disease in record numbers in the Great Plains, the West, and Alaska, two Harvard University investigators predict. In the meantime, physicians are urged to stay...

New HIV cases on rise among those under 25. (Open Approach to TX is Crucial).
July 1, 2003... MIAMI -- More than half of all new HIV infections in the United States now occur in those under age 25 years, so strategies to retain adolescents in health care are crucial, two experts said at a meeting sponsored by the American Foundation for...

Combo HRT tied to dementia in older women. (Women's Health Initiative).
July 1, 2003... The new finding that estrogen plus progestin therapy is associated with an increased risk for probable dementia in older postmenopausal women reinforces the need to limit hormone replacement therapy use to short-term relief of menopausal...

MRI reveals cerebral atrophy in type 1 diabetic patients. (Accelerated Aging).
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU -- An MRI study of young, otherwise healthy individuals with type 1 diabetes has revealed significant cerebral atrophy that may underlie cognitive deficits, Dr. Richard K.T. Chan reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy...

Fink! still at large: wellness and health. (Opinion).
July 1, 2003... Over the last two decades, the wellness movement has continued to gain momentum. As a result, patients are not only using alternative medicines and techniques as a substitute for mental health care, they are also splitting the transference...

We've got to work together. (Guest Editorial).(depression screening)
July 1, 2003... Screening effectively for depression, particularly older patients, requires a gentle and sensitive approach. I use several tools and strategies that vary depending on the patient. When asking patients how they feel, I use words that I know...

When is suicide not suicide? (Guest Editorial).(Editorial)
July 1, 2003... It's time to stop using two widely quoted statistics about suicide. One holds that 15% of all depressed patients die by suicide. The other states that 5% of patients on dialysis kill themselves. These misleading figures are based on outdated...

Is rapid opiate detox a cure? (Guest Editorial).
July 1, 2003... For patients addicted to opiates, detoxification and withdrawal can be highly unpleasant experiences. During my years in addiction medicine, I've watched many detoxification schemes wax and wane in popularity. At first, we let patients...

Talk back online.
July 1, 2003... TALK BACK ONLINE Before treating adolescent patients, do you address potentially treacherous situations with their parents as a condition of therapy? (June 2003, p. 59) Yes 75% No 25% To Talk Back, visit...

Letters.
July 1, 2003... Belief or Hallucination? In his guest editorial, Dr. Ansar Haroun did not reveal even the most elementary anamnestic data about the defendant he examined ("Delusions of Psychiatrists," April 2003, P. 14). This deficiency makes it...

Responding to disasters. (Guest Editorial).
July 1, 2003... Psychiatrists are in a position to make unique contributions during the community's response to disaster. First, we are already practiced in tolerating and conceptualizing uncertainty boundary confusion, and extremely ambivalent feelings....

Should rapid HIV testing be available over the counter? (Pro & Con).
July 1, 2003... YES If the goal of medicine is patient empowerment, why not allow patients the opportunity to go to a pharmacy buy a rapid HIV test, and test themselves in the privacy of their own homes? The link to medical care in our current system...

Weight-loss programs may benefit schizophrenics. (Patients Who Are on Antipsychotics).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Schizophrenic patients lost weight during the course of two small, nonrandomized studies of weight-loss programs for patients on atypical antipsychotics, agents that tend to cause weight gain. The results of these studies...

Wait 6-8 weeks before switching antipsychotics. (Don't Give up Too Soon).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Psychiatrists need to be a little more patient when treating first episodes or acute exacerbations of schizophrenia, Dr. Ira D. Glick said. Too many clinicians give up on an antipsychotic too soon and switch medications...

Long-acting, injectable risperidone on horizon. (Approval Expected This Year).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- The first long-acting, injectable atypical antipsychotic medication is likely to win approval before the end of the year, but U.S. clinicians will have to overcome their aversion to injectable antipsychotics to take advantage...

Fluvoxamine and OCD. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... A controlled-release form of fluvoxamine was shown to significantly reduce the clinical severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adult outpatients after 2 weeks of treatment, reported Dr. Eric Hollander of the Mount Sinai School of...

Tapering off benzodiazepines. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Dose tapering alone may be effective for discontinuing long-term benzodiazepine use, said Dr. Richard C. Oude Voshaar of the University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and his associates. A total of 180 patients were randomized...

Depression prophylaxis. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Continued use of sertraline at therapeutic dosages after the remission of depression did not prevent the recurrence of depression in older adults, reported Dr. K.C.M. Wilson and colleagues at the University of Liverpool (England). A total...

Side effects of antipsychotics. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Patients who take new-generation antipsychotics may not have a significantly lower risk of extrapyramidal side effects than patients on moderate doses of low-potency conventional antipsychotics, reported Dr. Stefan Leucht of the Technischen...

Panic disorder and depression. (Clinical Capsules).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Sertraline and imipramine were shown to be equally effective in treating comorbid panic disorder and major depressive disorder, reported Dr. Ulla Lepola of the University of Helsinki (Finland) and colleagues. In the 26-week, randomized...

Practical psychopharmacology: diverse strategies helpful in pathological gambiling. (Psychopharmacology).
July 1, 2003... When the call to "place your bets" proves irresistible, the result can be financial catastrophe, family disintegration, and even suicide. A persistent and recurrent maladaptive pattern of behavior severe enough to meet DSM-IV criteria for...

Mood stabilizers treat impulsivity in cluster B disorders. (Affective Instability Also Improves).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Mood stabilizing drugs effectively target the impulsivity that constitutes a core symptom domain common to a wide range of personality disorders and impulse-control disorders, Dr. Eric Hollander said at a satellite symposium...

Antipsychotic use linked to higher incidence of diabetes in the elderly. (Prescription Database Analyzed).
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU -- Antipsychotic medication is associated with an increased risk of diabetes in elderly patients, according to Peter D. Feldman, Ph.D., and his colleagues. In a study that used new prescription claims for antihyperglycemic agents...

Heart risk factors hurt depression Tx. (Another Puzzle Piece).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- The total burden of cardiovascular risk factors in a patient with major depressive disorder is an independent predictor of lack of response to antidepressant therapy with fluoxetine, Dr. Dan V Iosifescu reported at the annual...

Aripiprazole helps older outpatients. (Alzheimer's Disease).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- The first study to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms in elderly outpatients with Alzheimer's disease showed that the antipsychotic aripiprazole significantly reduced psychotic symptoms, compared with placebo, Dr. J. Michael Ryan...

Modafinil treats core symptoms of ADHD. (Children Aged 6-13).(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO - The novel wake-promoting agent modafinil improves the core symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children both at school and home, according to two randomized, double-blind clinical trials presented at the...

Quetiapine promising for developmental disorders. (Children and Teens).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Moderate- to high-dose quetiapine shows potential utility and good tolerability in the treatment of children and adolescents with developmental disorders, Dr. Antonio Y. Hardan reported at the annual meeting of 'the American...

Factors for acute suicide risk are not widely recognized. (Overturning Conventional Wisdom).
July 1, 2003... SANTA FE, N.M. -- Much of the conventional lore about predicting suicide risk might be wrong, Dr. Jan Fawcett asserted at the annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology The suicide literature is dominated by retrospective...

Antisocial traits exert protective effect in bipolar disorder. (Suicidal Ideation Less Prevalent).
July 1, 2003... SANTA FE, N.M. -- High levels of aggression and impulsivity are not associated with an increased risk of suicidal ideation in patients with bipolar disorder, Dr. Cheryl A. Chessick reported at the annual conference of the American Association...

Phototherapy is beneficial for mood disorders. (Systematic Evidence Review).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Phototherapy is beneficial as primary therapy for seasonal affective disorder and other types of depression, according to a systematic evidence review conducted by the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Research on...

Energy yoga shows measurable health benefits. (Improves Quality of Life).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Yoga confers measurable improvements in mental and physical health, Dr. Sung W. Lee reported at the annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine. In a prospective study, Dr. Lee followed 171 individuals for...

Family phenotypes provide insight into OCD. (DSM-IV Criteria 'Not Refined Enough').(obsessive-compulsive disorder)
July 1, 2003... MIAMI BEACH - Symptom clusters in families with complex disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette's syndrome can reveal the genetics that drive these conditions and their common comorbidities. This kind of approach of...

Tx noncompliance, depression intertwined. (Chronic Disease Patients).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Psoriasis and lupus patients who swear they're taking their medication may not be, according to two studies on compliance presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. Dr. Mark Goodfield and Dr....

Nonadherent patients tend to be younger, unmarried, less educated. (Preliminary Findings).
July 1, 2003... ARLINGTON, VA. -- Patients who do not adhere to a regimen for antidepressants have several defining characteristics, Rollin Nagel, Ph.D., reported at a meeting sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network....

Hispanics less forthcoming about use of antidepressants. (Probe Patients Further).
July 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- Hispanic ethnicity may influence communication between physicians and patients, possibly affecting adherence to pharmacologic treatment, Betsy Sleath, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical...

Oxycodone deaths tied to drug abusers, not patients. (Polypharmacy Prevalent).
July 1, 2003... NEW ORLEANS -- The vast majority of deaths reported in association with the use of oxycodone were related to drug abuse and not patient use, according to a study conducted by Purdue Pharma L.P. The study, conducted in response to intense...

Ketamine: a therapeutic agent and an addictive party drug. (Potential For Use, Abuse).
July 1, 2003... RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. -- It's taken on the sly at rave parties, but it's administered as an anesthetic in emergency rooms and veterinary offices. Occasionally used by psychotherapists to aid in anaclitic "rebirthing" therapy ketamine is...

Drug toxicity is often avoidable in elderly patients. (Closer Patient Monitoring Needed).
July 1, 2003... Many hospital admissions for drug-drug interactions in elderly patients are predictable and avoidable, according to Dr. David N. Juurlink of Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto. On the basis of what they called...

Risk factors flag 12-step program dropouts. (Those Using Drugs After 1 Year Vulnerable).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- For the first time, a study has identified which substance-abusing patients may be more likely to drop out of 12-step self-help groups and ways that clinicians can help them stick with the programs. Plenty of data support...

Bipolar is far worse for patients than unipolar. (Depressive Symptoms Disruptive).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Bipolar disorder is markedly more severe and disruptive than unipolar depression, a national patient survey says. The survey results also showed that the psychosocial burden of depression in bipolar patients is...

Whites more likely to get narcotics for pain. (Insurance Status, Age also Factors).
July 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- White patients with chronic nonmalignant pain are more likely to receive narcotics than black ones, even though black patients have significantly higher average pain scores, Dr. Mark E. Pasanen reported at the annual meeting...

Genetics will guide prescribing for hypertension. (Genotype Predicts Response).
July 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- Advances in pharmacogenomics will help physicians "use genetic information rather than a person's skin color" when make certain prescribing decisions, Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D., predicted at the annual meeting of the American...

Baseline cognition might explain racial disparity. (Ahead Study).(greater functional decline found in elderly blacks)
July 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Differences in baseline cognitive status may explain why elderly blacks have greater functional decline and worse health outcomes over time than elderly whites, results of a study suggest. But the data do not explain why...

Evidence is not sufficient to support dementia screening. (Task Force Report).
July 1, 2003... Dementia among older adults in the United States often goes undiagnosed and may continue to do so in the absence of recommendations for or against screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of preventive...

Low bone mineral density is associated with future dementia. (Older Women).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... BALTIMORE -- Low bone mineral density in older women is associated with a more than twofold increase in the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to a new analysis of data from the Framingham Study...

SSRI for depression in Parkinson's. (Sertraline Might Help).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU -- Case reports have suggested that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with worsening of PARKINSON'S disease, but a prospective, open-label trial of sertraline has come to the opposite conclusion, Dr. Jaime...

Frovatriptan may head off menstrual migraines. (50% of Women Benefited).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU -- Frovatriptan prevented menstrually associated migraine headaches in 50% of those who took a twice-daily dose during the perimenstrual period, in a study of 545 women. "This is the first time we've seen a triptan actually...

Menstrual abnormalities tied to bipolarity. (Precede Diagnosis).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Menstrual abnormalities are quite common among women with bipolar disorder, and in most cases precede diagnosis and treatment of the psychiatric disorder, Dr. Natalie L. Rasgon reported at the annual meeting of the American...

Medication overuse headache might be culprit. (Migraines 'Transform').
July 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- Make sure to rule out medication overuse headache before prescribing prophylactic agents in patients with suspected migraines, Dr. Barbara Scherokman advised at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. ...

Naratriptan may help in refractory migraine. (Small, Open-Label Study).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU -- Naratriptan appeared to be effective for treating refractory chronic migraine in a retrospective, open-label study of 27 patients, Dr. Marcelo E. Bigal reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. At...

Three simple questions identify migraine. (Few Sufferers Get Diagnosis).
July 1, 2003... HONOLULU - A positive response on two out of three questions provides a simple yet powerful way to identify migraine headaches, Dr. David W. Dodick reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. A positive response on...

Treat male sexual dysfunction comprehensively. (Look at Smoking, Illicit Drug Use).
July 1, 2003... SAN DIEGO -- Male sexual dysfunction is a couple's problem, often replete with emotional undercurrents and medical components, and as such, usually deserves a comprehensive evaluation rather than just a prescription for the little blue pill....

Postpartum depression hurts kids. (Boys More Adversely Affected Than Girls).
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Postpartum depression is the most common illness in the postpartum period yet the least commonly recognized and treated, Dr. Shaila Misri reported at a satellite symposium held with the annual meeting of the American...

Pregnancy complications haunt offspring. (Increased Anxiety, Depression).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Selected pregnancy complications are associated with increased risks of anxiety disorders and depression several decades later in young adulthood, Dr. Jan Oystein Berle said at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric...

Severe menopausal symptoms linked to severe PMS. (4-Year Study).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- Women who have severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome are more likely to have menopausal symptoms that are severe, Dr. Paulo Rinaudo reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. In his study...

Depression may be a barrier to cancer screening. (Breast Cervical Ca).
July 1, 2003... VANCOUVER, B.C. -- A high burden of depressive symptoms is an independent predictor of reduced odds of undergoing appropriate screening for breast and cervical cancer, Dr. Paul A. Pirraglia said at the annual meeting of the Society of General...

Prenatal cocaine exposure has influence on IQ. (Special Education Needed).
July 1, 2003... SEATTLE -- At age 7, children prenatally exposed to cocaine are 1.5 times more likely to require special education services compared with children not exposed to cocaine, results from a large study suggest. These effects remained...

Prenatal exposure to marijuana is tied to hearing problems. (Cigarette Smoke Different).
July 1, 2003... SEATTLE -- Children prenatally exposed to marijuana are two times more likely than unexposed children to fail a standard hearing test by age 7, Dr. Beth Nordstrom said at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. In addition,...

Parental separation does not increase risk of drug abuse. (Relationship with Parents More Important).
July 1, 2003... SEATTLE. -- The relationship a male adolescent has with his parents is more important in determining the likelihood that he will use drugs than whether he lives in an intact family; Dr. J.C. Suris said at the annual meeting of the Society for...

Many issues converge in teenage pregnancy. (Beyond Abstinence Promotion).
July 1, 2003... NEW YORK -- A grasp of the psychological matrix of teenage pregnancy is essential in addressing the continuing problem. Prevention efforts should include compassionate support as well as broader sex education, Dr. Marilyn Benoit said at the...

Brain differences seen in children with major depression. (Amygdala, White and Gray Matter).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO -- Results of two small imaging studies of brain structure and function in children with major depression support the concept of a biologic basis for depression, Dr. Karen Dineen Wagner said at the annual meeting of the American...

Childhood weight at ages 5, 10 years predicts obesity in adolescence. (Early Interventions).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... NEW ORLEANS -- Weight percentile at ages 5 and 10 was significantly correlated with overweight status in adolescence, Dr. Jennifer Singh said at the southern regional meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research. The findings...

Rhythm therapy can stabilize bipolar patients. (Encourage Gradual Lifestyle Changes).
July 1, 2003... PITTSBURGH -- Taking steps as simple as going to bed and waking up at consistent times each day helps some bipolar patients maintain mood stability, especially in the face of psychosocial stress. Ellen Frank, Ph.D., described interpersonal...

The hours. (Reel Life).
July 1, 2003... Virginia Woo 's novel "Mrs. Dalloway" is enjoying newfound popularity, and the credit belongs to producer Scott Rudin's splendid film "The Hours." Rudin achieved this remarkable success by mixing some of the best of British theater talent...

Physician retirees find it costly to volunteer. (Roadblocks to Care).
July 1, 2003... Retired physicians across the country are discovering that it can get expensive to volunteer their services at a free clinic. Dr. Martin Gonzalez, a retired physician in Oak Park, Ill., was turned away from a homeless shelter after he...

ADHD resource center opens. (Policy & Practice).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... The first national resource center on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHO) is now open in Landover, Md. Started by the advocacy group Children and Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) with a $750,000 grant...