Using cerebral stimulants to treat minimal brain dysfunction.
This paper considers questions raised during a study of the medical records of 135 boys treated with CNS stimulants for minimal brain dysfunction. Among the questions: 1)Do physician factors contribute to child diagnosis, treatment choice, and clinical improvement? 2)What is improvement? 3)What kind of side effects occur and how frequent are they? 4)When should cerebral stimulants be used.
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000209:etiology; D008499:Medical Records; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D008774:Methylphenidate