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