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This is a 10 page paper discussing the use of group and family therapies for children with ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had been said to occur in anywhere up to 10 percent of the school age population in the United States with over 3 million cases reported in 2001. Traditional treatments have included prescribed stimulant medications such as Ritalin as the primary therapy with individual and group therapies as secondary treatment. Recently families who have children with ADHD and therapists have felt that in many cases children have been overly dependent and overly prescribed medications for ADHD and group and family therapies should play a larger role in treatment of the disorder and in some cases replacing medication therapy. Although group and family therapies have not all been successful in replacing medication therapy they are thought to be more beneficial to the child in combination with medication therapy than just medication therapy alone. The National Institute of Mental Health now recommends individual, group and family therapies in all cases of ADHD to help the child create better behavioral and social skills and help the families in their coping strategies and support networks. In addition, therapies which have included parent-child training techniques have proven to be successful in further developing behavioral skills in children with ADHD.
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population in the United States with over 3 million cases reported in 2001. Traditional treatments have included prescribed stimulant medications such as Ritalin as the primary therapy with individual and
group therapies as secondary treatment. Recently families who have children with ADHD and therapists have felt that in many cases children have been overly dependent and overly prescribed medications for
ADHD and group and family therapies should play a larger role in treatment of the disorder and in some cases replacing medication therapy. Although group and family therapies have not
all been successful in replacing medication therapy they are thought to be more beneficial to the child in combination with medication therapy than just medication therapy alone. The National Institute
of Mental Health now recommends individual, group and family therapies in all cases of ADHD to help the child create better behavioral and social skills and help the families in
their coping strategies and support networks. In addition, therapies which have included parent-child training techniques have proven to be successful in further developing behavioral skills in children with ADHD. Background
of ADHD According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM IV), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is prevalent in 3 to 10 percent of school
age children, considered more than 3 million in the United States alone in the year 2001. Although the disorder has been reported to affect boys more than girls at an
approximate 5:1 to 9:1 ratio, some researchers believe that girls because they are less aggressive may be able to mask their symptoms more so than boys. The disorder has also
been reported to be highly biologically based with high degrees of incidence existing between family members (Buncher, 1996; Allen, 2001). Diagnosing ADHD was revised again in the DSM IV to
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