Una encuesta sobre el tratamiento farmacológico para estudiantes hiperactivos/desatentos

D J Safer1, J M Krager

  • 1Baltimore County Health Department, MD.

JAMA
|October 21, 1988
PubMed
Resumen

La medicación para la hiperactividad / falta de atención en los estudiantes se ha duplicado consistentemente cada 4-7 años. En 1987, casi el 6% de los estudiantes de primaria recibieron tratamiento, siendo los estimulantes el medicamento primario.

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