Abstract

RUEDA MACIAS, Nuris M; POLL PINEDA, Jorge Armando; RAMOS HERNANDEZ, Leonardo  and  POLL RUEDA, Armando. Flower therapy as therapeutic modality in attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.10, pp. 1533-1539. ISSN 1029-3019.

An unblinded nonrandomized experimental study of community trial was conducted in 60 children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age, of both sexes, with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity, belonging to "Camilo Torres Restrepo" and "Carlos J. Finlay" Polyclinics, attended at the Community Center of Mental Health of "26 of Julio" District in Santiago de Cuba, from September 2010 to April 2011, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of Bach's flower therapy in these patients. Two treatment groups were formed: study group and control group with 30 members each. In the first group treated with flower therapy associated with medical treatment a greater reduction of behavioral and emotional disorders was obtained.

Keywords : child; adolescent; flower therapy; flower essence; attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; mental health center.

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