PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B Lask
AU  - D Matthew
TI  - Childhood asthma. A controlled trial of family psychotherapy.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.54.2.116
DP  - 1979 Feb 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 116--119
VI  - 54
IP  - 2
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/2/116.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/2/116.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1979 Feb 01; 54
AB  - In an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of family psychotherapy as an adjunct conventional treatment in childhood asthma, children with moderate to severe asthma were randomly allocated to a control group or to an experimental group; the latter group received 6 hours of family treatment during a 4-month period, and both groups had standard medical treatment. While there was no significant difference between the two groups on three parameters, the experimental group were significantly better in day-wheeze score and thoracic gas volume. These results suggest that family treatment in selected cases may have a place in the overall management of childhood asthma, and that more research with larger numbers of children is necessary.