Why do children with ADHD discontinue their medication?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 763-769

  Toomey, Sara L ^a   Sox, Colin M ^b   Rusinak, Donna ^c   Finkelstein, Jonathan A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; medication adherence; parental knowledge and attitudes; primary care

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOOD CHANGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PYSCHOLOGICAL SIDE EFFECT; RISK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; TELEPHONE; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS;

EID: 84864190602     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812446744     Document Type: Article

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