TY - JOUR T1 - Childhood asthma. A controlled trial of family psychotherapy. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 116 LP - 119 DO - 10.1136/adc.54.2.116 VL - 54 IS - 2 AU - B Lask AU - D Matthew Y1 - 1979/02/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/54/2/116.abstract N2 - 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. ER -