Treatment of ADHD With Amphetamine

Abstract

Objective: This research seeks to study the impact on family function after 3 months of treatment with amphetamine. Method: A total of 43 children, 6 to 11 years of age, with ADHD were treated with amphetamine for 3 months. Family function was studied before and after treatment by parent self-rating and independent observer ratings of videotaped parentchild interactions. Results: The families with a child with ADHD were found to be more dysfunctional than control families. Families with children with severe ADHD-behavior showed evidence of more family dysfunction compared to families with children with less severe ADHD behavior. After 3 months of treatment with amphetamine, the children's behavior and the mother's well-being and some aspects of parent-reported and observer-rated family functioning improved. Conclusion: This study gives support to the notion that some aspects of family dysfunction may be related to the child's ADHD behavior.KEY WORDS: attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; family function; videotaped family tasks; amphetamine treatment ADHD, 3

Longitudinal Relationships Between Parent Involvement, Parental Warmth, ADHD Symptoms, and Reading Achievement

“…For example, researchers have demonstrated that when adults interact with youth exhibiting ADHD behaviors, they engage in more negative parenting behaviors (Lang, Pelham, Atkeson, & Murphy, 1999; Wymbs et al, 2015). In addition, researchers have also reported that when children with ADHD were taking medication, their parents used more positive parenting strategies versus when the children were unmedicated, suggesting that reductions in child ADHD symptoms positively influenced parenting behaviors (Barkley, 1989; Gustafsson, Hansson, Eidevall, Thernlund, & Svedin, 2008). Together, both correlational and experimental research highlights that the association between aspects of parenting, like parental warmth, and child ADHD symptoms is bidirectional.…”