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Hyperactivity in children: Is there a treatment of choice?

✍ Scribed by R. O. Pihl

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 666 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0033-3085
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(198010)17:4<500::aid-pits2310170415>3.0.co;2-p

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✦ Synopsis

Recent studies of treatment procedures for hyperactivity, with special focus on methylphenidate treatment, are reviewed from the perspective of three central questions: What is the effect of the treatment? What is the cost of the treatment? Why does the treatment work? The problems in answering the questions satisfactorily are presented.

"Hyperactivity" is a label applied to school-age children with great frequency. Depending upon the particular survey one reads, this label is affixed to between 4 and 20% of school age children (

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