How Effective Is Drug Therapy For ADHD Treatment Flashcards
What does the multimodal treatment study of ADHD do 1999)
Give people medication, behavioural treatment or both or just simple standard care
What was found by the MTA(1999) study
All groups had symptom decreases
But combined and med group decreased larger than behaviour treat and normal
What does MTA(1999) show
Carefully crafted medication treatments can be more effective than behavioural treatments
Critique of MTA(1999)
This study was 14 months in length (treatment length) don’t know how the effects maintained after the period as no follow up
What does Arnold (2015) do
Examined long term outcomes of symptoms for med treatments no med treatments and combined
What does Arnold (2015) show
Combination of med and normal treatment showed highest benefits on reducing symptoms with 83% success
After a 3 year follow up this was sustained 93%
What does Arnold (2015) show
Medication for ADHD is effective In long term
Arnold (2015) critique
The longer the follow up was, the less effective it was for reducing symptoms after 3 years dropped to 57%
What does Hart(2013) do
Examined how faulty brain networks are influenced by long term medication
What did Hart (2013) find
Long term medication was associated with more normal activation in parts of basal ganglia on attention tasks
What did Hart (2013) show
Medication changed brain activity known to be dysfunction in ADHD sufferers
Hart(2013) critique
Only found effect when using attention tests, may not be relevant for other subtypes e.g delay aversion
What did Liddle (2011) do
Examined DMN activity in adhd and controls on a go/no go task
What did Liddle (2011) find
Both controls and medicated ADHD people only show deactivation in DMN for high and low incentive conditions
None medicated only did this for high
What did Liddle (2011) show
Brain activation became more similar to controls when medicated
