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Parent training improved maternal wellbeing and reduced attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in children

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.4.4.109

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    Sonuga-Barke EJ, Daley D, Thompson M, et al. Parent-based therapies for preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a randomized, controlled trial with a community sample.J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry2001 Apr;40:402–8OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: In 3 year old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), how effective are parent based therapies?

    Design

    Randomised {allocation concealed}*, blinded (outcome assessors), controlled trial with 23 weeks of follow up.

    Setting

    Community based study in the UK.

    Patients

    78 three year old children (62% boys) who met the validated cut off for ADHD on the Parental Account of Childhood Symptoms (PACS) ADHD/Hyperkinesis scale and whose parents reported that the child's condition warranted treatment. Exclusion criteria were serious mental illness or learning disability in a parent or a previous diagnosis of a mental health condition. 7 children withdrew …

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    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • Source of funding: National Health Service Research and Development Committee.

    • For correspondence: Dr E J Sonuga-Barke, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. Fax +44 (0)2380 594597.