The Best Treatments For ADHD Kids, Based on Evidence

About this episode

This episode clarifies misconceptions about ADHD treatment based on research and expert recommendations.

This episode breaks down the major misconceptions about ADHD treatment and clarifies what decades of research, major clinical guidelines, and leading experts actually recommend. Ryan and Mike explain why weekly talk therapy is not an evidence-based treatment for ADHD, why parent training and environmental structure are consistently shown to improve outcomes, and how parents can make informed decisions without getting pulled into common myths. Find Mike @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.grownowadhd.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ & on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find Ryan @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.adhddude.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ & on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube {{chapters}} [00:00:00] Start [00:02:21] What clinical guidelines actually recommend [00:05:27] Dr. Barkley’s research on effective ADHD treatments [00:09:11] Evidence on CBT, DBT, and play therapy [00:19:21] Why office-based therapy doesn’t translate to real-world behavior [00:22:29] Rumination and how talk-heavy approaches can backfire [00:31:19] Treatments with the strongest evidence (medication, parent training) ⁠⁠⁠ Citations: 1. AAP Guideline (Parent Training + Medication as First-Line) Wolraich, M. L., et al. (2019). Clinical practice guideline for ADHD in children…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan, Mike

Topics covered

• ADHD treatment
• parent training
• evidence-based therapy
• misconceptions about ADHD
• clinical guidelines

Keywords

• ADHD
• treatment
• parent training
• evidence-based
• clinical guidelines
• therapy
• misconceptions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: www.grownowadhd.com, www.adhddude.com

Books & works: AAP Guideline, AACAP Treatment Parameter, Barkley: ADHD as Performance Disorder

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