PEDIATRICS Vol. 47 No. 3 March 1971, pp. 631-632
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Pharmacological Approaches to Learning Impediments

Roger D. Freeman M.D.1

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, B.C., Canada

Regarding "An Evaluation of the Pharmacologic Approaches to Learning Impediments," I found the Report of the Committee on Drugs (Pediatrics 46: 142) very disappointing:

(1) The title is rather presumptuous, since nothing new is being communicated beyond some rather trite statements that the methodology is difficult, long-term studies are necessary, but that drugs offer some promise.

(2) The language is excessively tortuous, and in places unclear. For example, what is a "behavior impediment"? What is the meaning of the word "effective" in the sentence "The administration of appropriate or effective antiepileptic agents... may result in some improvements"? There are many other examples of similar obscurities.