Treatment of hyperactive children: Increased efficiency through modifications of homeopathic diagnostic procedure

Homeopathy

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Frei, H ^a   von Ammon, K ^b   Thurneysen, A ^b  

^a Swiss Association of Homeopathic Physicians   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADHD; homeopathic treatment; perception symptoms; polarity analysis; Q potencies; unreliable symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIA MEDICA; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745335917     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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