The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association teamed up to develop a well needed book called ”ADHD Parents Medication Guide” to offer insights into medications and psychosocial treatments for ADHD. The guide contains an overview of ADHD followed by detailed information regarding medication options, effectiveness, and side effects. Non-medication treatment approaches such as behavioral therapies and school services are reviewed as well.

This is a great resource for families. The guide can empower patients to collaborate more effectively with their physicians around medication decisions.

You can download the ADHD Parents Medication Guide in both English and Spanish at http://www.parentsmedguide.org/pmg_adhd.html There is also a link available for the recently updated American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Practice Parameters for the Assessment of Children and Adolescents with ADHD.

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