Tuesday, February 12, 2013

See the Insanity

ADHD Symptoms Persist for Most Young Children Despite Treatment
Nine out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious, often severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses and, in many cases, despite treatment.
Children with ADHD, ages 3 to 5, were enrolled in the study, treated for several months, after which they were referred to community pediatricians for ongoing care. Over the next six years, the researchers used detailed reports from parents and teachers to track the children's behavior, school performance and the frequency and severity of three of ADHD's hallmark symptoms -- inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The children also had full diagnostic workups by the study's clinicians at the beginning, halfway through and at the end of the research.
Symptom severity scores did not differ significantly between the more than two-thirds of children on medication and those off medication, the study showed. Specifically, 62 percent of children taking anti-ADHD drugs had clinically significant hyperactivity and impulsivity, compared with 58 percent of those not taking medicines. And 65 percent of children on medication had clinically significant inattention, compared with 62 percent of their medication-free counterparts.
Clearly those kids aren't getting enough medication. Give them some more...

And while I'm at it-
No Long-term Benefit of Trauma Treatments in Kids
In fact, an evidence review of 22 studies assessing traumatic stress disorders in children and adolescents showed that no type of psychotherapeutic intervention used provided significant long-term benefits.
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"The most important conclusion derived from this rigorous review is: when it comes to empirical evidence to prevent or treat symptoms from traumatic events, we don't know much of anything," writes M. Denise Dowd, MD, from the Division of Emergency and Urgent Care at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri, in an accompanying editorial.
Their shit doesn't work because it's not addressing the cause.   It's that freakin simple.
Good grief, what are all those useless people going to do with themselves when we all get better?