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  1. Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
  3. Corresponding author: Joseph Biederman, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey 6A, Boston, MA 02114 ([email protected]).
  4. Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  5. Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  6. Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  7. Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Physiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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