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Editorial Perspective: How should child psychologists and psychiatrists interpret FDA device approval? Caveat emptor

Arns, Martijn; Loo, Sandra K; Sterman, M Barry; Heinrich, Hartmut; Kuntsi, Jonna; Asherson, Philip; Banaschewski, Tobias; Brandeis, Daniel (2016). Editorial Perspective: How should child psychologists and psychiatrists interpret FDA device approval? Caveat emptor. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(5):656-658.

Abstract

Recently several new tests have received US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) marketing approval as aids in the diagnostic process for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including the Neuropsychiatric electroencephalogram (EEG)-Based ADHD Assessment Aid (NEBA) Health test. The NEBA test relies upon an EEG-based measure, called the theta to beta ratio (TBR). Although this measure has yielded large differences between ADHD and non-ADHD groups in studies prior to 2009, recent studies and a meta-analysis could not replicate these findings. In this article, we have used the NEBA device as an exemplar for a discussion that distinguishes between FDA de novo marketing approval for a device and any claims that that device is empirically supported, scientifically validated with replicated findings. It is understood that the aims of each differ; however, for many, including the lay public as well as some mental health professionals, these terms may be confused and treated as though they are synonymous. With regard to the TBR measure, there is no reliable association or replication for its clinical usage in the ADHD diagnostic process. The recommendation for potential consumers of the NEBA Health test (as well as perhaps for other existing FDA-approved diagnostic tests) is caveat emptor (let the buyer beware!).

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich > Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
04 Faculty of Medicine > Neuroscience Center Zurich
04 Faculty of Medicine > Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP)
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Social Sciences & Humanities > Developmental and Educational Psychology
Health Sciences > Psychiatry and Mental Health
Language:English
Date:May 2016
Deposited On:26 Aug 2016 10:26
Last Modified:15 Aug 2024 01:41
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:0021-9630
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12524
PubMed ID:27090383

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