Willingness to use ADHD treatments: A mixed methods study of perceptions by adolescents, parents, health professionals and teachers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-100

  Bussing, Regina ^a   Koro Ljungberg, Mirka ^b   Noguchi, Kenji ^c   Mason, Dana ^a   Mayerson, Gillian ^a   Garvan, Cynthia W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Barriers to evidence based treatment; Side effect perceptions; Stakeholder perceptions; Treatment willingness; USA

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF ESTEEM; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; TEACHER; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILLINGNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84455202338     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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