Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents

Course overview

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder most often diagnosed in childhood and adolescence. This systematic review updates and extends two previous Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reviews, compares the effectiveness of the methods used to establish the diagnosis of ADHD, examines pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments, and evaluates different monitoring strategies used for children and adolescents through 17 years of age. This analysis compared evidence from 103 articles describing 90 unique studies to provide a systematic review of the research literature on this topic. This course will cover the evidence presented in this review, discuss the clinical implications of the findings, and discuss recommendations for future research.