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Too Little Behavioral Therapy for Kids With ADHD

Too Little Behavioral Therapy for Kids With ADHD News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Too Little Behavioral Therapy supplements. Children living below the for Kids With ADHD federal poverty level were more likely to Most US children and teens with attention- receive behavioral therapy than those deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have above it, as were those with public insur- been treated with medication, behavioral ance but without a medical home, those therapy, or dietary supplements, according with moderate or severe ADHD or comor- to a recent study, but the findings indicate bidities, and black and Hispanic children that behavioral therapy may have been (Visser SN et al. J Pediatr. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds underused. The study’s authors said their .2015.02.018 [published online March 31, data, from the CDC’s 2009-2010 National 2015]). Survey of Children with Special Health Care Among preschoolers aged 4 to 5 years Needs, are an important benchmark for with ADHD, 53.2% received behavioral clinical practice because they were col- therapy: 31.9% who were treated only lected in the years just before the American with behavioral therapy and 21.2% who Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released diag- received it along with medication. How- nostic and treatment guidelines for ADHD ever, a quarter of preschoolers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Too Little Behavioral Therapy for Kids With ADHD

JAMA , Volume 313 (20) – May 26, 2015
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Too Little Behavioral Therapy for Kids With ADHD

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News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Too Little Behavioral Therapy supplements. Children living below the for Kids With ADHD federal poverty level were more likely to Most US children and teens with attention- receive behavioral therapy than those deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have above it, as were those with public insur- been treated with medication, behavioral ance but without a medical home, those therapy, or dietary supplements, according...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2015 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.2015.4969
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News & Analysis News From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Too Little Behavioral Therapy supplements. Children living below the for Kids With ADHD federal poverty level were more likely to Most US children and teens with attention- receive behavioral therapy than those deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have above it, as were those with public insur- been treated with medication, behavioral ance but without a medical home, those therapy, or dietary supplements, according with moderate or severe ADHD or comor- to a recent study, but the findings indicate bidities, and black and Hispanic children that behavioral therapy may have been (Visser SN et al. J Pediatr. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds underused. The study’s authors said their .2015.02.018 [published online March 31, data, from the CDC’s 2009-2010 National 2015]). Survey of Children with Special Health Care Among preschoolers aged 4 to 5 years Needs, are an important benchmark for with ADHD, 53.2% received behavioral clinical practice because they were col- therapy: 31.9% who were treated only lected in the years just before the American with behavioral therapy and 21.2% who Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released diag- received it along with medication. How- nostic and treatment guidelines for ADHD ever, a quarter of preschoolers

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Published: May 26, 2015

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