CBD oil and the Kardashian’s have something in common, they both get a lot of press. With that press coverage, it leaves many families sifting through tons of articles, trying to find some reliable information. Typically when we are searching for answers with some pre-established knowledge about what the options out there are (especially when some of the other options have come up short), we sometimes fall prey to a common cognitive bias.
Confirmation Bias: a tendency for people to actively search out information that aligns and confirms their preconceptions.
I’ll give you two reasons why this cognitive error can be harmful in making decisions related to treatment options for ADHD.
- When falling prey to the confirmation bias you will typically give weight and value to the information that aligns with your preconceptions (regardless of what that information is really saying).
- While in the grasp of the confirmation bias you will typically discount and minimize information that contradicts your preconceptions (even if that information is important/valuable/necessary).
Cannabidiol Oil (aka CBD Oil) is a product coming from the marijuana plant. There are many compounds (more than 85) in the cannabis plant, but CBD oil is one that is receiving a lot of enthusiasm. In some cases, it should. In others, we are leaping way beyond what is being presented in the data.
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The Research…
Typically this section starts by saying, “research on CBD Oil is relatively new”. When searching for answers to your own ADHD symptoms or somebody else’s, that is not what you want to see.
John Mitchell, PhD, a research from the Duke ADHD Program says,
“When parents or adults look into CBD oil for someone with ADHD it’s not just that there’s a lack of evidence out there right now. There have been no treatment studies. There are no randomized trials that show it works, and there are other treatment options available for kids and adults with ADHD. These are unregulated products. If there are not well-regulated products, how do we know that we’re really getting what’s being advertised?”
Read in more detail here:
https://chadd.org/attention-article/cbd-oil-for-adhd/
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