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ADHD Treatment Study update.(Shorts)(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
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Townsend Letter
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April 1, 2008
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A three-year follow-up to the 1999 Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA) reports that "children continue to experience improvement in their symptoms regardless of which treatment they use" (my emphasis). In the original 1999 randomized study, 579 children, aged seven to ten years, received stimulant medication (e.g., Ritalin), intensive behavior therapy, a combination of medication and behavior therapy, or community care ("whatever the parents could find"). The researchers evaluated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, Oppositional Defiant Disorder symptoms, reading achievement scores, functional ...
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