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Megavitamins and Hyperactivity

Pediatrics, 1986
To the Editor.— The report by Haslam et al,1 purporting to have demonstrated megavitamin therapy to be of no value in treating hyperactivity, and even to have produced mild adverse side effects, received wide media coverage.
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Hyperactivity and Medication

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1979
Sir. —The recent article by Varga ( Am J Dis Child 133:413-418, 1979) is commendable for raising serious questions regarding any simplistic approach to the evaluation and management of the hyperactive child. However, the article glosses over certain important developments in the field, fails to note others, and continues to leave the impression that ...
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ON DATA LIMITATIONS IN HYPERACTIVITY

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1985
SUMMARY Three groups of children rated firstly as overactive and distractible, secondly as distractible and thirdly as low on both activity and distractibility were examined in a visual search task with three levels of display load: two, three and four items.
Sergeant, J.A., Scholten, C.A.
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Childhood Hyperactivity

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1986
Severe degrees of inattentive and restless behaviour in childhood are a risk factor for later psychological disorders. They have many causes, but a pattern of severe and pervasive hyperactivity with poor concentration in the absence of affective or psychotic disorders should be recognised as a hyperkinetic syndrome.
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Nutrition and Hyperactivity

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
Nutrition is in the air these days. Unsatisfied with the victory over specific nutritional deficiencies (rickets, scurvy, and pellagra are largely diseases of the past in Western society), the public and the medical profession are concentrating on new nutritional horizons.
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Diet and Hyperactivity: Is There a Relationship?

Pediatrics, 1980
In 1973 Dr Ben Feingold, a California allergist, proposed that salicylates, artificial flavors, and artificial food colors are a cause of hyperactivity. Dr Feingold recommended a diet free of these substances as both treatment and prevention of the condition.
F J, Stare, E M, Whelan, M, Sheridan
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The Etiology of Hyperactivity

Exceptional Children, 1981
This review of the major investigations in the area of hyperactivity provides an overview of the possible etiological factors responsible for this enigmatic condition. There is little evidence implicating genetics, social learning, and organic factors as causes of hyperactivity.
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The ‘Hyperactive’ Child

Hospital Practice, 1979
A new, more apt designation, attentional deficit disorder (ADD), may help dispel some of the myths that have surrounded the “hyperactive” child. An abnormally high level of physical activity is a common but not universal finding in these children but is not their central problem.
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Hyperactivity in Children

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1975
The various childhood problems that are often subsumed under the heading of "hyperactivity" occur in various combinations and, apparently, for various reasons. The designation does not define a homogeneous group of children, does not consistently point to a common cause, and has treatment implications only in the sense that multiple simultaneous ...
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Expectancies and attributions for hyperactive and medicated hyperactive students

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1982
The present study seeks to document some social consequences of prescribing stimulant medication to a hyperactive child. Eighty students and 15 teachers provided expectancies and attributions for the academic performance of hypothetical medicated and nonmedicated hyperactive children.
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