A new training program for doctors helps them diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and treat children who have it. The program focuses on how to implement diagnosis and treatment guidelines and how to use parent and teacher ADHD rating scales as part of the evaluation and treatment process. After 84 physicians finished this training, the use of ADHD child assessment rating scales by parents and teachers soared from 55 percent and 52 respectively to nearly 100 percent, the research...
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