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Review treatment considerations for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Explain how to evaluate for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Outline the pathophysiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.This activity reviews the evaluation and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and highlights the role of the interprofessional team in collaborating to provide well-coordinated care and enhance outcomes for affected patients. This has led to the development of techniques for effective management of the condition. Additionally, research has increased knowledge of the neurochemical and physiologic causes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Over the past 30 years, however, a consensus has been developed regarding both the existence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and the symptoms and signs that define it. 86).The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been surrounded by controversy over the last century. 89) and the obsession scale obsession scale (alpha =. It has high internal consistency of both the severity scale (alpha =. The scale has been shown to have excellent psychometric properties. An overall score is produced at the end to track progress. Then the clinician asks 10 questions (5 items regarding severity and 5 items regarding obsessions) and rates the child’s answers on a 6-point scale. The clinician and the child go through a symptom checklist identifying the most prominent symptoms, past and present (last 30 days). Depending on the age of the child, or anxiety levels, a parent may be present. Administering the tool revolves around a semi-structured interview with the patient. Although this was not designed to be a diagnostic tool, the symptom checklist is often employed as a diagnostic aid. Clinicians can use the tool to track the progress of patients. In research the tool is a primary outcome measure for clinical or behavior treatment trials.

This is a semi-structured interview, clinician-rated tool. The CY-BOCS-II (Goodman et al., 1989 Scahill, Riddle, Mcswiggin-Hardin, & Ort, 1997 Storch et al., 2010) was designed to assess OCD symptomology and severity in children (8 – 17 years of age).