Considering biomedical/CAM treatments.
Study Design
- Tipo di studio
- Review
- Popolazione
- Children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders
- Intervento
- Considering biomedical/CAM treatments. None
- Comparatore
- None
- Esito primario
- CAM treatment of psychiatric disorders in children
- Direzione dell'effetto
- Mixed
- Rischio di bias
- Unclear
Abstract
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is widely used to treat children with psychiatric disorders. In this review, MedLine was searched for various biomedical/CAM treatments in combination with the key words "childre", "adolescents", "psychiatric disorders", and "complementary alternative medicine". The biomedical/CAM treatments most thoroughly researched were omega-3 fatty acids, melatonin, and memantine. Those with the fewest published studies were N-acetylcysteine, vitamin B12, and oxytocin, although many biomedical/CAM treatments have no published studies. Although data are modest, there is evidence to suggest that biomedical/CAM treatments may be helpful for a subgroup of children with psychiatric disorders. Further research and more randomized, controlled trials in children are warranted.
TL;DR
There is evidence to suggest that biomedical/CAM treatments may be helpful for a subgroup of children with psychiatric disorders, and more randomized, controlled trials in children are warranted.
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