Amphetamine linked to higher psychosis risk in youths with ADHD

Only about 1 in 660 children and young adults who received stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder developed psychosis, but those who were given amphetamine had twice the psychosis risk, compared with those who took methylphenidate, researchers reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. The findings also showed that amphetamine and methylphenidate prescriptions among youths with ADHD rose by nearly fourfold and 60%, respectively, between 2005 and 2014.  Reuters (3/20),  CNN