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