Co-morbidity and patterns of care in stimulant-treated children with ADHD in the Netherlands

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Abstract: This study aimed at investigating the use of psychosocial interventions and psychotropic co-medication among stimulant-treated children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in relation to the presence of psychiatric co-morbidity. Stimulant users younger than 16 years were identified in 115 pharmacies and a questionnaire was sent to their stimulant prescribing physician. Of 773 questionnaires sent out, 556 were returned and were suitable for analysis (72%). The results are based on 510 questionnaires concerning stimulant-treated children for whom a diagnosis of ADHD was reported. Of the 510 children diagnosed with ADHD, 31% had also received one or more other psychiatric diagnoses, mainly pervasive developmental disorder or oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder. We found an association between the presence of co-morbidity and the use of psychosocial interventions for the child (P < 0.001) and the parents (P < 0.001). In the ADHD-only group, 26% did not recei

Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

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Language: Englisch

Notes: Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ; 19 (2009) 2 ; 159-166

Event: Veröffentlichung

(where): Mannheim

(when): 2009

Creator: Faber, Adrianne
Kalverdijk, Luuk J.
Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T. W.
Hugtenburg, Jacqueline G.
Minderaa, Ruud B.
Tobi, Hilde

DOI: 10.1007/s00787-009-0075-y

URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-262322

Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.

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Faber, Adrianne
Kalverdijk, Luuk J.
Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T. W.
Hugtenburg, Jacqueline G.
Minderaa, Ruud B.
Tobi, Hilde

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