Community Perspective on Stimulant Therapy for ADHD

Abstract

The use of stimulant medications in relation to diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was reviewed in interviews with 9- to 16-year-olds from the Great Smoky Mountains Study and reported from Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Keywords

• stimulant therapy
• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• comorbidity