| At the ADHD Information Library we are big | | | | |
| believers that you should not just be giving | | | | The family needs to adjust to the ADHD child, |
| a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | and needs to know how to do that. Parents |
| Disorder medication without also providing | | | | need to know what to expect from the ADHD |
| some sort of counseling or therapy. There are | | | | child, and the siblings need to be filled in |
| good, long-term studies that show that | | | | on what is going on as well. |
| medication by itself over the long term is | | | | |
| not a whole lot better than no treatment at | | | | |
| all (Satterfield, et.al.). Medication for | | | | |
| Attention Deficit Disorder is far more | | | | In fact, often the focus of family therapy |
| effective when it is combined with counseling | | | | ought to be the siblings. There is often a |
| of one type or another. But not all forms of | | | | lot of jealousy with the siblings focused at |
| counseling are worth the investment of time | | | | the ADHD patient. Why? Because the patient |
| or money. Read on to learn what works and | | | | has been getting all kinds of attention from |
| what does not. | | | | the parents, both good attention and bad, |
| | | | over the past several years. Also because the |
| | | | ADHD child probably gets away with a lot more |
| | | | than his non-ADHD siblings do. So the |
| Family therapy is helpful. | | | | jealousy needs to be addressed at some point |
| | | | in the family context. |
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