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CDC: AAP guidelines on behavioral therapy and ADHD in young children not being followed for most patients
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30040
Subject(s) - behavioral therapy , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychiatry , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , clinical psychology
Fewer than 50% of children ages 4 to 17 with attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were receiving behavioral therapy in the years before established treatment guidelines were published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), according to the first national study to look at behavioral therapy, medication and dietary supplements to treat ADHD.