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What influences parents' decisions to start, continue, or stop treatment for their children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? To find out, researchers conducted a qualitative study among 52 parents of children and adolescents (age range, 6–17 years; 60% male) with ADHD (mean years since diagnosis, 4.4) who were recruited from community-based pediatric practices in Cincinnati. Standard methods of qualitative analysis were used (audiotaped sessions, verbatim transcripts, and independent coding of major themes) to document parents' (mostly mothers') responses to questions about decision making and sources of conflict and uncertainty in focus groups.
Parents' responses reflected the following four themes:
Parent stressors: Par…