Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD

Medication aloneproved effective1

I. ADHDNo Comorbidity

Summary of data on MTA study from: Forness, S.R., Kavale, K.A. (2001) Ignoring the odds: Hazards of not adding the new medical model to special education decisions. Behavior Disorders 26(4) 269-281.

1Outcomes of a full standard deviation improvement, .8 or greaterDiana Browning Wright, Behavior/Discipline Trainings, 2002

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Effective Medication

Management

II. ADHD + Anxiety or Depressive Disorder

Behavioral Treatment

Summary of data on MTA study from: Forness, S.R., Kavale, K.A. (2001) Ignoring the odds: Hazards of not adding the new medical model to special education decisions. Behavior Disorders 26(4) 269-281.

1Outcomes of a full standard deviation improvement, .8 or greaterDiana Browning Wright, Behavior/Discipline Trainings, 2002

Responded Well1

either

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Combined therapies onlyproved effective

(Medication/Behavioral)responded “relatively well”2

III. ADHD + ODD/CD

Summary of data on MTA study from: Forness, S.R., Kavale, K.A. (2001) Ignoring the odds: Hazards of not adding the new medical model to special education decisions. Behavior Disorders 26(4) 269-281.

2Outcomes of .4 improvementDiana Browning Wright, Behavior/Discipline Trainings, 2002

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Responded only partiallyto combined treatment3

IV. ADHD + Anxiety or Depression + ODD/CD

Summary of data on MTA study from: Forness, S.R., Kavale, K.A. (2001) Ignoring the odds: Hazards of not adding the new medical model to special education decisions. Behavior Disorders 26(4) 269-281.

3Statistically significant, but not clinically significant changeDiana Browning Wright, Behavior/Discipline Trainings, 2002