In the September 2010 issue of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Dr. Fisher neatly explains the meaning of Number Needed to Treat (NNT) and Number Needed to Harm (NNH), which can be a shorthand way of assessing whether to prescribe or not, and then applies this to the question of SSRI antidepressants in pediatrics.
What steps should clinicians take if psychopharmacologic treatments and school behavioral strategies are insufficient for managing a child with ADHD? We've all been there. ADHD,...