The Role of Adverse Environment Factors, Family Functioning and Parental Psychopathology in the Response to Treatment With Methylphenidate in Children and Adolescents With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association of adverse environmental factors, parental psychopathology, family functioning and genetic factors and the response to methylphenidate treatment in children and adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Collaborators: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
• Treatments: Methylphenidate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ADHD

• Age: 5 - 18

• Primary Indication of Methylphenidate

Exclusion Criteria:

• IQ < 70

• Clinical conditions that preclude use of methylphenidate