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Article: Methylphenidate appears safe in preschoolers.(Child/Adolescent Psychiatry)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- Methylphenidate appears to be effective and safe for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in preschool-age children, according to preliminary data presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
The results come from the Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Preschool-Age Children study (PATS), sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Several studies have previously suggested that preschool-age children with ADHD would respond to and tolerate methylphenidate, and this multisite study is the first major effort aimed at directly assessing the ...