Natural Language:
I received 991 results. The 6th result caught my eye.
After clicking on this result and looking over it I noticed that at the bottom of the page it gives the option to search titles that have similar topics.
I selected learning disabilities and added that to my search terms and received 747 results.
Result 45 was another that caught my eye. This result is about misdiagnosis in children in Canada.
I decided to use the similar topics search again by selecting prescription drugs and narrowed my search to 188 results. Of the 188 results I found result number 74 to be the best.
This result was an article from a British paper. The article describes the misdiagnosis of ADHD in young children due to immaturity. The article also states that the prescription of Ritalin to treat ADHD has increased to 922,000 times per year. Ritalin contains severe side effects such as liver toxicity, weight loss, and suicidal thoughts among others. The article emphasis' the importance of rigorous assessment and diagnosis in order to be assured that the child truly suffers from ADHD.
Controlled Language:
I started by selecting the advanced search option and then selected look up terms. I chose the terms Attention deficit disorder and Adolescents and added them to my search. These terms brought back a large amount of results and gave me the following message.
On the list of results I picked number 50.
This article from Ireland expresses a concern over the amount of children that have been diagnosed with ADHD and are being medicated. The article is short so I decided to use the topics search at the bottom and selected children health.
This brought back only 140 results. Result number 130 was the one I decided on.
This article is from Australia and it states that the number of young children taking some form of ADHD medication has more that quadrupled from 2007 to 2013. This they believe is due to pediatricians overprescribing. Dr. Jureidini believes that these drugs do more harm than good and cause issues with sleep, growth, and even possibly cardiac problems. Dr. Jureidini says that money could be better spent on other things that could have a better and safer impact on children with ADHD.
Shepherd, Tony. “Surge in Kids on ADHD Drugs.” Www-Lexisnexis-Com.ezp.twu.edu, 2015, www-lexisnexis-com.ezp.twu.edu/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=5F40-J3S1-JD3N-51NB&csi=270944%2C270077%2C11059%2C8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true.
For this particular database I found that using natural language gave me better results for this topic.
When using natural language LexisNexis brought back less results and all of the articles seemed to be
on my topic even when I used the topic search. When using controlled language I received an
unmanageable amount of results, so much that LexisNexis narrowed my results down to 1,000 at a
time. I also noticed that not all of the articles that I clicked on gave me the option to narrow by topic
search. When I used the topic search I ended up with a lot of results that weren't on the topic of
ADHD.
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