Treatment of US Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Characterizing the extent and pattern of unmet needs for treatment of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could help target efforts to improve access to ADHD medications and outpatient mental health care.

Objective

To describe current ADHD medication use and lifetime outpatient mental health care among a large national sample of children with ADHD.

Design, setting, and participants

This study uses cross-sectional survey data from the first wave of the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study (n = 11 723), conducted from June 1, 2016, to October 15, 2018, among 1206 school children aged 9 and 10 years who met parent-reported Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) criteria for current ADHD. Stat

SUBMITTER: Olfson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148191 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature