| Everyone knows of the use of controlled | | | | when it directly relates to medication for ADD |
| research. This is where someone begins to feel | | | | ADHD. This should not be anticipated results are |
| significantly better after receiving 'fake' medication | | | | proven to happen with just all possible |
| (usually a sugar pill or a tablet with no components | | | | prescriptions that are out there. The unique thing |
| that serve the chemical need. The the fact that | | | | about all this is that the controlled elements were |
| the research was so controlled gives enough | | | | not visible in any of the subjects that were ADD |
| evidence that the belief that a condition is being | | | | ADHD while those all around them in their day to |
| treated can sometimes be just as strong as the | | | | day lives showed significant changes! The bottom |
| management of it. | | | | line is that just thinking that the child is being |
| Significant new research (published in the Journal | | | | receiving medication was more than enough for all |
| of Development & Behavioral Pediatrics) points to | | | | those in their lives to make significant changes in |
| the widespread occurrence of the placebo effect | | | | their attitudes to, and expectations of, that child. |