Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Facts, values, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): an update on the controversies. | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health Commentary Facts values and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD an update on the controversies Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston BioMed Central Open Access Address The Hastings Center 21 Malcolm Gordon Road Garrison New York 10524 USA Email Erik Parens - parense@ Josephine Johnston - johnstonj@ Corresponding author Published 19 January 2009 Received 22 September 2008 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009 3 1 doi l 753-2000-3-1 Accepted 19 January 2009 This article is available from http content 3 1 1 2009 Parens and Johnston licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The Hastings Center a bioethics research institute is holding a series of 5 workshops to examine the controversies surrounding the use of medication to treat emotional and behavioral disturbances in children. These workshops bring together clinicians researchers scholars and advocates with diverse perspectives and from diverse fields. Our first commentary in CAPMH which grew out of our first workshop explained our method and explored the controversies in general. This commentary which grows out of our second workshop explains why informed people can disagree about ADHD diagnosis and treatment. Based on what workshop participants said and our understanding of the literature we make 8 points. 1 The ADHD label is based on the interpretation of a heterogeneous set of symptoms that cause impairment. 2 Because symptoms and impairments are dimensional there is an inevitable zone of ambiguity which reasonable people will interpret differently. 3 Many other variables from different systems and tools of diagnosis to .
