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The following articles have been tagged with "Adhd":

Girl dies after docs think brain tumour is ADHD

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 13
An 8-year-old girl is dead after doctors in southern Sweden failed to diagnose her brain tumour, believing her symptoms may have been related to her ADHD medications. READ »

Increase in Swedish girls taking ADHD drugs

Science & Technology: 10 Jan 13
The number of Swedish girls given medicine to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has increased much more rapidly compared to their male peers. READ »

Sweden tops Swedish Wikipedia list

Society: 30 Dec 12
Sweden, Eurovision winner Loreen and notorious US bank robber John Dillinger were the three most popular topics on Wikipedia's Swedish edition in 2012. READ »

ADHD meds can help cut crime: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 22 Nov 12
Criminals who take drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reduce their risk of re-offending by more than 30 percent, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

'Major' rise in ADHD meds for Swedish tots

Science & Technology: 4 Jul 12
The number of Swedish children under six taking prescription medications to treat symptoms of ADHD has tripled in the past five years, according to new statistics. READ »

'Immature' kids more likely to get ADHD drugs

Science & Technology: 10 May 12
Children in Sweden diagnosed with and prescribed drugs for attention deficit disorders like ADHD may simply be immature in comparison to their peers, according to new statistics. READ »

Prof's privacy appeal denied by Euro court

Education: 2 Nov 10
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Swedish court decision to fine a former Swedish university department head for barring access to and later destroying research material. READ »

Swede teen claims damages for 'lost youth'

Society: 12 May 10
A teenager diagnosed with autism has filed a demand for damages with Sweden's highest legal official after being taken into involuntary care, a decision which was rejected as lacking legal grounds after two years. READ »

Boy found guilty of murdering sister

National: 9 Nov 09
A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty by Ystad district court of murdering his 19-year-old sister on a farm outside Sjöbo in southern Sweden. READ »

'Dyslexia and anorexia aren't real': educator

Society: 28 Oct 09
A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases. READ »

ADHD common among adopted kids: study

Science & Technology: 6 Aug 09
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more common among children adopted from abroad than among those born in Sweden. Those at highest risk for the disorder have been adopted from Eastern Europe, according to a new study. READ »

Teen convicted for murder of 86-year-old

National: 3 Aug 09
A 19-year-old Swedish man was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for having beaten an 86-year-old man so severely that he died several weeks later. READ »

Boyfriend blames ADHD for genital tattoo abuse

National: 5 May 09
A Swedish man has claimed that his attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is to blame for the aggravated assault of his girlfriend which extended to tattooing his name and ID number on her sexual organs. READ »

Attention deficit barred from Swedish car plates

Society: 27 Jan 09
A 29-year-old woman in Södertälje in eastern Sweden has been blocked from using the letter combination ADHD on her car registration plate, as the authorities deemed the abbreviation inappropriate and potentially offensive. READ »

Study: Young convicts worse off mentally

Society: 10 Aug 08
Young criminals often feel worse mentally compared to other young people. Young people that commit serious crimes have a ten-fold greater risk of psychosis than average, new research shows. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: Carpets and wood

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 05
An immigrant with troublesome kids gives our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent her very own theory about what makes Stockholmers who they are. READ »

Swedish doctors "wrote illegal ADHD prescriptions"

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 05
Sweden's state-owned pharmacy, Apoteket, has lost control over the distribution of Concerta, a variety of the Ritalin drug for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. READ »

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