About 5 percent of school-age children have ADHD. Children with untreated ADHD have higher than normal rates of school problems, social problems, and even injury.

ADHD frequently co-occurs with other problems, such as depression and anxiety disorders, conduct disorder, drug abuse, or antisocial behavior.

Although ADHD is relatively common, our knowledge of the problem is fairly limited.

It is pretty common today for ADHD treatment to include a variety of approaches, such as drug therapy, counseling, supportive services in schools and communities, diet interventions, and alternative treatments such as Attend.

The medical literature offers many studies carried out over brief treatment periods to try to find out what the best treatment for ADHD really is.

Here are some samples of the dozens of articles available: