on January 2, 2014 in World News
Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment
Doesn’t ADD Up: Doctors behind ADHD study question drug treatment The co-authors of a 20-year-old study promoting the use of prescription drugs to combat the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are now claiming the report may have overstated medication’s benefits. According to a report in the New York Times, at least two co-authors of the highly influential study – called the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD – have come forward to express concern that the original report also downplayed the benefits of behavioral therapy. “There was lost opportunity to give kids the advantage of… View Article
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