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Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the primary reason for referral to mental health services among school-aged children. Effective treatments for ADHD consist of stimulant medication and behavior modification. Although the efficacy of stimulant medication in the treatment of ADHD is well established, purely pharmacological approaches to treatment fall short of optimal outcomes for a number of reasons, highlighting the need for effective psychosocial treatments to be identified.
Many of the behaviors that characterize ADHD (e.g., difficulty sustaining attention, high activity level) are normative at certain stages of development, and may or may not be viewed as impairing depending on the environmental expectations at a particular developmental stage.
Treatments must also be developmentally sensitive, meaning that they must involve careful......

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