The critical benefits of social skills group therapy, parent training, and other behavioral therapies in the treatment of ADHD children and teens have long been understated. My experience echoes that of psychologist Ruth Hughes when she says, "Medication helps a person be receptive to learning new skills and behaviors. But those skills and behaviors don't magically appear. They have to be taught."

Perhaps a more fitting title might be "The Pill is Not the Skill" or "Treating the Whole Child". Irrespective of how it's entitled, the article is a solid one.

Enjoy,

Cathi Cohen, LCSW, CGP 

Twenty years ago, more than a dozen leaders in child psychiatry received $11 million from the National Institute of Mental Health to study an important question facing families with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Is the best long-term treatment medication, behavioral therapy or both? Read full article here...