| needs special medication and treatment, an ADD | | | | provide a cooperative environment for various ADD |
| center must be able to provide that kind of help. | | | | support group interaction like friends or |
| Parents must be aware of the dangers of a generic | | | | schoolmates’ groups, adolescent groups, family |
| psychiatric facility for the mentally ill cloaked as a | | | | groups, church groups even, or at the other end, |
| specialized ADD center. ADD sufferers have different | | | | individual, customized-to-each-child therapy. |
| needs thus entailing a diverse set of treatment and | | | | An ADD center need not necessarily be a public |
| therapy. | | | | health or mental health facility. Sometimes a |
| Seeking treatment or psychiatric help in an ADD | | | | community center of more knowledgeable support |
| center, the parents of the ADD child must look at the | | | | groups can be just as effective. A community center |
| array of the professionals behind the facility. These | | | | that has identified ADD as a community concern and |
| must be mental health certified doctors who will be | | | | equipped itself in assisting the families or the sufferers |
| able to assist in a comprehensive manner in the | | | | of ADD can be very supportive in reinforcing the |
| treatment not only of the child, but in the training of the | | | | results of medication and health professionals’ |
| child’s family and direct circle of support in the | | | | treatments. Community centers dedicated to ADD |
| meticulous process of recovery. An ADD center, to be | | | | therapy may have support groups, online assistance, |
| an effective treatment mechanism, must provide for | | | | online chat sessions for counseling, all geared towards |
| education of the parents, too, helping them understand | | | | educating the community and its members of ADD |
| the ADD disorder and preparing them for the painful | | | | and its social costs and effects. |
| task of being co-doctors or co-psychiatrists for their | | | | Treat the child, treat the family, and treat the |
| child. Aside from the medications provided and the | | | | community. |
| parent education, an ADD center must be able to | | | | |