Health Condition 1: null- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Homoeopathic medicines: LM potency-15 ml once daily or as and when required orally for 1 year
Control Intervention1: placebo: 15 ml once daily or as and when required orally for 1 year
Sponsors
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children in the age group of 6-15 years and meeting Diagnostic and statistical Manual of mental Disorders- 4th edition (DSM-IV) criteria.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Co-morbid medical or other psychological conditions (Psychosis, bipolar illness, pervasive developmental disorder, severe obsessive compulsive disorder, severe depressive disorder, and severe anxiety disorder). 2Any chronic physical or neurological disorder 3 History of drug abuse 4 History of Seizure 5 History of Tic disorder 6 History of Tourette syndrome 7Patients who were on anti-ADHD or psychoactive medications in the last two weeks. 8 Any severely ill patient requiring hospitalization.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical Global impession-Severity and Clinical Global impression-Improvement Conners parent rating Scale-revisedTimepoint: Baseline, Monthly, 12 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To deduce feasibility of study design and to gather data for sample size calculation of definitive studyTimepoint: completion | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Praveen Oberai
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed