Welcome to another edition of Common Ground Online. Here's what's in this week's edition:
- Micronutrients Versus Standard Medication Management in Autism: A Naturalistic Case–Control Study
- Hope for Bipolar Recovery with EMPowerplus
 Researchers from five universities recently published a study that compared EMPowerplus with conventional medications in children with autism. Below is a summary of the study from the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology:
"Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often accompanied by self-injurious behavior (SIB), aggression, and tantrums, symptoms that have reportedly improved with micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) treatment. The current study took advantage of naturally occurring differences in parental preferences for treatment approaches. The micronutrient group asked for treatment without pharmaceuticals, aged 2–28 years at entry. Their records were matched with those of 44 similar children whose families requested conventional treatment (medication group). Both groups improved on both the Childhood Autism Rating Scale and the Childhood Psychiatric Rating Scale. Both groups also exhibited significant decreases in total Aberrant Behavior Checklist scores, but the micronutrient group’s improvement was significantly greater. SIB Intensity was lower in the micronutrient group at the end of the study, and improvement on the Clinical Global Impressions scale was greater for the micronutrient group. It is difficult to determine whether the observed changes were exerted through improvement in mood disorder or through an independent effect on autistic disorder. There were some advantages to treatment with micronutrients—lower activity level, less social withdrawal, less anger, better spontaneity with the examiner, less irritability, lower intensity SIB, markedly fewer adverse events, and less weight gain. Advantages of medication management were insurance coverage, fewer pills, and less frequent dosing."
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Does someone you know suffer with bipolar disorder? Come learn about the unique discovery and compelling research behind EMPowerplus and why it’s proving to be so effective for mental health at the Chicago Health Freedom Expo.
Truehope's Dana Stringam will be speaking on June 4, 2010 at 4 p.m. Dana's expertise in micronutrients for mental health began 18 years ago when he married his sweetheart, a vibrant, beautiful girl. She soon developed bipolar disorder, suffered terribly and then recovered when her father discovered EMPowerplus, saving her life and now thousands of others. Her experience has since been published in a bestselling book titled, A Promise of Hope. In his entertaining and informative lecture, Dana offers a unique, scientific and hopeful perspective to sufferers and survivors alike.
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Yours in health,
The Truehope Staff
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