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A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drugs
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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 616394" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/health/adhd-experts-re-evaluate-studys-zeal-for-drugs.html" target="_blank"><strong>A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drugs - New York Times</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Twenty years ago, more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry received $11 million from the <a href="http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml" target="_blank">National Institute of Mental Health</a> to study an important question facing families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Is the best long-term treatment medication, behavioral therapy or both?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=205525" target="_blank">The study’s primary paper</a>, published in 1999, concluded that medication “was superior to behavioral treatment” by a considerable margin — the first time a major independent study had reached that conclusion. Combining the two, it said, “did not yield significantly greater benefits than medication” alone for symptoms of the disorder.</p><p></p><p>In what became a simple horse race, medication was ushered into the winner’s circle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 616394, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/health/adhd-experts-re-evaluate-studys-zeal-for-drugs.html'][B]A.D.H.D. Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drugs - New York Times[/B][/URL] Twenty years ago, more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry received $11 million from the [URL='http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml']National Institute of Mental Health[/URL] to study an important question facing families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Is the best long-term treatment medication, behavioral therapy or both? [URL='http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=205525']The study’s primary paper[/URL], published in 1999, concluded that medication “was superior to behavioral treatment” by a considerable margin — the first time a major independent study had reached that conclusion. Combining the two, it said, “did not yield significantly greater benefits than medication” alone for symptoms of the disorder. In what became a simple horse race, medication was ushered into the winner’s circle. [/QUOTE]
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