“Homoeopathic Perspective of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Hyperactive Type – A Review”
M. Gnnanaprakasham *
Faculty of Homoeopathy, Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation, Salem, Tamilnadu, India.
Sunny Mathew
Department of Materia Medica, Vinayaka Missions Homoeopathy Medical College, Salem, India.
N. D. Mohan
Department of Psychiatry, National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is commonly diagnosed neuropsychiatric condition affecting the children and adolescence. Nearly 8 percent of school - going children were diagnosed as ADHD and mostly as hyperactive type. More than 60 percent of children with ADHD were progressed to grow with the symptoms into adulthood which causes significant impaired academic achievements, poor interpersonal skills, disordered social activities, and various psychiatric disorders like learning disability, substance abuse, mood disorders, disruptive behavior disorder, etc., Homoeopathy a unique system of medicine which provides a beneficial effect on the human body through its ultra-diluted and potentized drug substances adopting holistic approach. There are reliable sources where homoeopathy proves its efficacy in treating ADHD children. This article provides a cluster of remedies derived through repertorisation considering only the symptoms of ADHD hyperactive type which will be helpful in cases where the individualization of the child is difficult to achieve. Considering the symptomatology of ADHD hyperactive type mentioned in DSM V criteria the most indicated remedies among various remedies were Medorrhinum, Nux. Vom, Carcinosinum, Hyoscyamus, Anacardium, Chamomilla, Veratrum. Album, Coffea Cruda, Tarentula etc.
Keywords: ADHD – hyperactive type, DSM V – diagnosis, radar 09, homoeopathic remedies