Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is one of the most common psychological diagnoses for children. Some estimate that between 8-10% of school aged children are affected by ADHD. So if you are at all involved with children, chances are that you know a child with ADHD. Your child may have ADHD. How can you tell if your child has ADHD? What should you consider when picking a doctor to diagnose and treat your child? What about medications for ADHD? These questions are all addressed in a thorough and relatively reader friendly report available for download from Consumer Reports (CR) (links to the report are in the footnotes).[1][2]
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The focus of the report is to provide information about medications commonly prescribed for ADHD but it gives an arsenal of other helpful information as well. The report is long (24 pages total) and lacks a table of contents, so below is my own table of contents to enable readers to locate the information they are interested in more easily:
| Page # | Contents |
|---|---|
| 2 | Quick-take Consumer Reports (CR) ADHD drug recommendations |
| 3-5 | Overview |
| 6 | Why drugs are used to treat ADHD |
| 6 | The Diagnostic Process: what to expect |
| 7-8 | Symptoms of ADHD compared with other disorders |
| 9-12 | Detailed report on the drugs CR recommends |
| 12-17 | Tables comparing different ADHD drugs |
| 18-20 | Effectiveness and safety of ADHD drugs |
| 21 | Tips for talking to your doctor about which drugs your child should take |
| 22-24 | How CR picked the drugs they recommend, About CR, References |
For more information about ADHD you may also want to check out the link below to the website for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).[3] NIMH–a branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH)–is a trustworthy resource which provides information on a variety of mental health topics.
Footnotes
- Consumer Reports ADHD Drugs Summary of Recommendations ↩
- Direct link to CR ADHD Drug Report [PDF File] ↩
- National Institute of Mental Health: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ↩
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