Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and hyperkinetic disorder
JM Swanson, JA Sergeant, E Taylor, EJS Sonuga-Barke, PS Jensen, DP Cantwell
The Lancet
7 February 1998 (Vol. 351, Issue 9100, Pages 429-433) Full Text |
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When a child is overactive, inattentive, difficult at home, and failing in school, feelings run high. Media attention has centred on drug therapy, which is an anathema to some and a panacea to others. The international differences in approach to therapy, outlined in the seminar published in today's Lancet, amplify uncertainty about management.
aJenny Lind Children's Department, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3SR, UK
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