ADHD in Children Q&A by Dr. Phillips To answer your question, I
first want to stress that even for the child with ADHD in which
medication is going to be used, it should be considered only one
component of a multipronged approach. The child, his parents,
his teachers, and others who support and work with him in and
out of school will all need to understand and support the
situations and conditions under which the child learns and
behaves to his maximum potential. Several years ago, there had
been the hope that various dietary programs (such as the
"Feingold Diet", etc.) and mega-vitamin therapies might "cure"
ADHD. And while today many parents remain strongly convinced
that dietary factors like excess sugars, salicylates, or food
dyes definitely make their ADHD child worse, multiple studies
have failed to show a real role for dietary factors or
inadequate vitamins in actually causing ADHD. Most authorities,
however, feel that an approach called "behavior therapy" has a
real role in the approach to managing AD