Alternative treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Does evidence support their use?

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-74

  Brue, Alan W ^a   Oakland, Thomas D ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CINA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYOSCYAMUS NIGER EXTRACT; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; METHYLPHENIDATE; PRIMROSE OIL; STRAMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON THERAPY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IRON; MATERIA MEDICA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036143696     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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