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Medical Author:

Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Medical Editor:

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.

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Author: Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Denis F Darko, MD, Director, Research and Development, Central Nervous System Clinical Science, AstraZeneca.

Coauthor(s): Jessica B Johnson, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc.

Editors: Alan D Schmetzer, MD, Professor and Assistant Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine; Mary L Windle, Pharm D, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.com, Inc.

REFERENCES:

Biederman, J., M.C. Monuteaux, T. Spencer, et al. "Do stimulants protect against psychiatric disorders in youth with ADHD? A 10-year follow-up study." Pediatrics 124.1 July 2009: 71-78.

Lake, J. "Integrative management of ADHD: What the evidence suggests." Psychiatric Times 27.7 July 2010.

Physicians Postgraduate Press. "Assessing adults with ADHD and comorbidities." Primary Care Companion, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 11.1 (2009): 25.

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