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Type of Therapy Kids Receive for ADHD Depends on Where They Live
Some kids with ADHD do better and can take lower doses of medication when they also receive behavioral therapy. But less than a quarter of U.S. children prescribed ADHD drugs received any talk therapy with the meds, and the percentage is far lower in many parts of the country.
Sep 22, 2014

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An Autistic Soldier Wants You to Read This
Despite the recruitment challenges it is currently facing, the Army continues to make personnel decisions based on last century's understanding of neurodivergent diagnoses. The loosening of stigma associated with these diagnoses could improve recruitment, and the Army might reap the benefits of neurodiversity.
Jun 1, 2023
Essay
Army Enlistment Waivers in the Age of Legal Marijuana
Army recruits with a history of marijuana use can ask for a waiver like those who have diabetes or insomnia. They are just as likely as others to complete their first term and make sergeant, and are less likely to leave the Army for health or performance reasons.
Oct 27, 2021
Report
An Empirical Assessment of the U.S. Army's Enlistment Waiver Policies
Waiver authority provides the Army with the ability to reconsider initially disqualified applicants and make them eligible to enlist. Does the Army need to improve the screening of waivered recruits and of those with a documented history of marijuana, ADHD, depression, or anxiety? If so, how?
Mar 11, 2021
Journal Article
Collaborative Mental Health Care for Pediatric Behavior Disorders in Primary Care: Does It Reduce Mental Health Care Costs?
Doctor-office collaborative care is more cost-effective than enhanced usual care for treating children with behavioral problems in primary care settings.
Apr 18, 2017
Journal Article
DISC Predictive Scales (DPS): Factor Structure and Uniform Differential Item Functioning Across Gender and Three Racial/Ethnic Groups for ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms
The factor structure and potential uniform differential item functioning (DIF) among gender and three racial/ethnic groups of adolescents were evaluated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptom scores of the DISC Predictive Scales.
Apr 29, 2015
News Release
Type of Therapy Kids Receive for ADHD Depends on Where They Live
Less than a quarter of commercially-insured U.S. children prescribed ADHD drugs received any talk therapy in the same year they received medication, and the percentage is far lower in many parts of the country.
Sep 22, 2014
Journal Article
Age Differences in Treatment Response to a Collaborative Care Intervention for Anxiety Disorders
Some data suggest that older adults with anxiety disorders do not respond as well to treatment as do younger adults.
Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article
A Population-Based Survey of Mental Disorders in Singapore
Mental illnesses are not only a growing public health concern but also a major social and economic issue affecting individuals and families throughout the world.
Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article
Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Patterns of Evolving Care During the First Treatment Episode
This study sought to better understand factors associated with different patterns of treatment among children starting treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article
Characterizing Patterns of Care Using Administrative Claims Data: ADHD Treatment in Children
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is concerned with determining which treatment, among known effective treatments, may provide the most benefit to an individual patient.
Dec 1, 2011
Journal Article
Association of Externalizing Behavior Disorder Symptoms and Injury Among Fifth Graders
ADHD symptoms are associated with increased odds of injury in fifth graders.
Sep 1, 2011
Journal Article
The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Practice Patterns, and Functional Outcomes for Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
For children with ADHD, receiving care in a PCMH is associated with practice pattern change and better outcomes.
Jan 1, 2011
Journal Article
Mental Disorders Among Gifted and Nongifted Youth: A Selected Review of the Epidemiologic Literature
Given the ongoing debate over whether giftedness is associated with mental health disorders, there is a great need to highlight and compare results from the most methodologically rigorous studies.
Jan 1, 2010
Journal Article
Racial/ethnic Disparities in the Mental Health Care Utilization of Fifth Grade Children
The aim of this study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in fifth grade children's mental health care utilization.
Jan 1, 2009
Journal Article
Quality of Publicly-Funded Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Care for Common Childhood Psychiatric Disorders in California
Efforts to improve care should be directed broadly across clinics, particularly for children prescribed psychotropic medication.
Jan 1, 2005
Report
Farmacotherapie bij kinderen: Kennislacunes in beeld gebracht: [Pharmacotherapy in Children: Identifying Knowledge Gaps]
Aims to identify which medications deserve priority for clinical research in the short term.
Jan 1, 2002
Report
ADHD Treatment in a Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out: Medications, Providers, and Service Utilization
Explores the treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by managed behavioral health organizations.
Jan 1, 2001

RAND Topic:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Topic Synonyms:
ADD;
ADHD;
Attention Deficit Disorder;
Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder