Press Releases
RWJF Grant to Fund ADHD Book Project
Petris Center Director Richard M. Scheffler, Ph.D., and UC–Berkeley Psychology Department Chair Stephen P. Hinshaw, Ph.D., have been awarded an Investigator Award in Health Policy Research by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® (RWJF) to write a book on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The book, titled "ADHD Medication in America: Society, Schools and Public Policy," will provide a timely, evidence-based resource on key clinical and policy-related issues pertinent to ADHD. It is intended for legislators, regulators and health care payers, and will be a valuable resource for parents, health care professionals, teachers and advocates. Read more
[Back To Top]New Study in Pediatrics Suggests ADHD Medication Can Improve Math and Reading Scores for Grade Schoolers
Berkeley — Pediatricians and educators have long known that psycho-stimulant medications can help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) concentrate on learning for short periods of time. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, has found evidence that grade schoolers with ADHD who take medications can actually improve their long-term academic achievement, and make greater gains in standardized math and reading scores than students with ADHD who do not take medications. Read more
[Back To Top]Urban, Coastal Areas Drove Passage Of California'sLandmark Tax To Support Mental Health Services
Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 12:01 PM ET — Support from city dwellers, Democrats, social workers, and residents of areas with high homeless rates propelled passage of a landmark California law funding mental health with a tax on people making more than $1 million a year, according to an analysis of election results published today on the Health Affairs Web site.Read more
[Back To Top]New UC Berkeley Study Finds ADHD Medication Use Has Soared Internationally
Friday, April 20, 2007 — The use of psycho-stimulant drugs to treat attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has more than tripled around the world since 1993, challenging widespread assumptions that this neuro-developmental disorder is exclusive to the United States, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley.Read more
[Back To Top]Petris Report Outlines Status of California's County Mental Health Programs
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 — California's county mental health departments spent most of their budgets on outpatient services, with low overhead and low spending on hospitalization, according to a new report released today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) by the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley.Read more
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