Effectiveness Of Individualized Homoeopathic Medicines in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder using NICHQ VANDERBILT ADHD Diagnostic Parent rating scale in children of age group 6 to 12 years

This is a prospective, interventional study which aims to asses efficacy of individualized homoeopathic medicine in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Individualized homoeopathic medicine will be prescribed in decimal/ centesimal/ millesimal scale after detailed case taking and repertorization. ADHD is characterised by inattentiveness,including increased distractibility and difficulty sustaining attention;poor impulse control and decrease self inhibitory and motor over activity and motor restlessness.It is one of the most common behavioral disorder affecting children.ADHD is variable in its appearance and nature of symptoms. That is why approaching it clinically is a challenging task for the physicians. The first appearance of this condition in DSM-II (1968) used the term hyperkinetic reaction of childhood or adolescence. Whereas in 1980, the DSM-III recognized two sub- types of a syndrome of attention deficit disorder (ADD) – ADD with hyperactivity and ADD without hyperactivity. In 1987, the DSM-III was reconstituted (DSM-III-R) and the term Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was coined.[2]Finally, in 1994, the DSM-IV recognized three subtypes of the syndrome: ADHD inattentive type, ADHD-hyperactive-impulsive type, and ADHD-combined type.The case history was taken with holistic concept (etiological factors, mental generals, physical generals, concomitants, characteristics particulars). Diagnosis was done according to clinical presentation using DSM-4 (TR) Criteria, NICHQ Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Parent Rating scale, clinical history and physical examination of patient. Then the case were analyzed and the totality were erected. After that the symptoms were evaluated. Case taking, medicine and potency selection, and follow-up was made based on the homoeopathic principles according to Organon of medicine. Repetition and change of potency and remedy were done as and when needed according to Homoeopathic principles based on Organon of medicine.