A COMPARISON OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE, D-AMPHETAMINE, AND PLACEBO IN THE TREATMENT OF THE HYPERKINETIC SYNDROME IN CHILDREN
JOEL P. ZRULL M.D.,
JACK C. WESTMAN M.D.,
BETTIE ARTHUR PH.D., , and
WILLIAM A. BELL M.S.W.1
1 Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
1. A multi-disciplinary program was developed for clinical study of psychoactive drugs with children.
2. D-amphetamine tended to be more effective than chlordiazepoxide in the reduction of the manifestations of the hyperkinetic syndrome.
3. Both chlordiazepoxide and d-amphetamine tended to be more effective than the placebo.
