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Treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder among Children with Special Health Care Needs

Year: 2015

Four in 10 children ages 4 to 17 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were treated with just medication in 2009-2010; 1 in 10 received only behavioral therapy; and 3 in 10 got both medication and behavioral therapy, according to a CDC study published Wednesday. The data are the first glimpse at how children with ADHD were treated before clinical guidelines were released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2011. The study: http://bit.ly/1MCOEg3