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Academy's Policy Statement Marks its First Attempt
at Evidence-Based
Practice Guidelines for ADHD
[Brown Univ Child and Adol Behav Ltr 17(11):1, 3-4, 2001. © 2001 by
Manisses Communications Group, Inc.]
New treatment guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP)
are intended to assist primary care physicians in managing
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in school-age children.
The guidelines, which emphasize the appropriateness of stimulant medication
and/or behavioral therapy, as well as the importance of involving the
educational system in treatment, are the Academy's first attempt at
evidence-based practice guidelines for ADHD, a chronic condition
characterized by inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive behaviors.
In an interview with The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior
Letter, Martin T. Stein, M.D., a professor of pediatrics at the University
of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and co-chair of the ADHD
guidelines subcommittee, said, "The treatment guidelines are a first
attempt at an evidence-based practice guideline for a behavioral condition
such as ADHD."
http://psychiatry.medscape.com/Manisses/CABL/2001/v17.n11/cab1711.01/cabl1711.01.html
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