Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment strategies

MTA Cooperative Group (1999a) A 14-month randomized clinical trial of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD. Arch Gen Psychiatry 56 1073-1086. 

Given the attentional improvement that has been demonstrated with nicotinic receptor stimulation, there are implications for nicotine or novel nicotinic agonists as a possible treatment strategy in attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This is a disorder primarily of children, but affects adults as well. ADHD afflicts as many as 3-5% of American children (American Psychological Association, 1994) and is characterized by inattention, restlessness, impulsiveness and hyperactivity. There is sig-... 

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