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Interventions can improve weight but not height: growth study of ADHD stimulant medication
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
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.30466
Subject(s) - stimulant , psychological intervention , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , methylphenidate , psychiatry , calorie , psychology , medicine
Drug holidays, more calories, and increased monitoring can help children who take stimulant medications for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) gain weight, but they won't help the children grow taller. This is the lesson from a study published in the October 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry . The study looked at the effects of central nervous system (CNS) stimulants on the growth of children with ADHD, which included an assessment of weight interventions on growth.