Corrigendum to “Parent–adolescent concordance on perceived need for mental health services and its impact on service use” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 33 (2011) 2253–2260]

Adolescent and Caregiver Reports of ADHD Symptoms Among Inner-City Youth

“…These results underscore the clinical salience of the I/D subtype in adolescent populations: Not only are I/D symptoms more prevalent than H/I symptoms; they appear to be strongly related to family perceptions about counseling needs. This finding takes on added significance in light of emerging data suggesting that parent and adolescent perceptions about the need for behavioral treatment are important predictors of treatment participation (e.g., Williams, Lindsey, & Joe, 2011), including treatment for ADHD specifically (Bussing et al, 2011).…”

“…Several studies have demonstrated that caregiver-perceived need predicts youth participation in mental health services (e.g., Angold et al, 1998;Shin & Brown, 2009;Yeh et al, 2005), including participation in ADHD services among school-age children (Bussing et al, 2003). However, few have assessed adolescentperceived need (Logan & King, 2001); notably, such studies have found low concordance between parents and teens on receptivity to (Bussing, Zima, Mason, Porter, & Garvan, 2011) and perceived need for (Williams, Lindsey, & Joe, 2011) ADHD services. The current study featured an index of perceived need for ADHD treatment (based on Shen, McLellan, & Merrill, 2000) that was specifically anchored to endorsement of the DSM-IV ADHD items by each informant.…”