It takes more than just medicating our kids!

February 6, 2010

Adhering to guidelines when treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) relieved symptoms but had no effect on kids’ performance in school or in their relationships with others, researchers found. Although parents and teachers noted significant improvements in symptoms among ADHD kids (P<0.001) in a special treatment program, there weren’t similar outcomes for functional impairment, Jeffery N. Epstein, PhD, of the Center for ADHD at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio, reported in the February Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Click here for the full story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/ADHD-ADD/18292

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