Stimulant Medication and Short Attention Span
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
- Vol. 10 (6) , 313???318-318
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004703-198912000-00005
Abstract
We present our clinical approach to diagnosis and individualized and integrated treatment of patients with short attention span. The paper stresses the importance of understanding short attention span as a symptom that, although it is due to a variety of causes, may be favorably affected by pharmacologic treatment. The need to follow a logical algorithm in the monitoring of the effects of stimulant medications is emphasized. Adjustments of the drug dose should be based on observed effects rather than on absolute therapy schedules.Keywords
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