ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Unified Theory of Behavior Change Constructs Among Adolescents Taking Medicine for ADHD
- Anne Berset
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Jeffery Epstein
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Kevin Hommel
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - William Brinkman
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Abstract
Medication is an efficacious treatment for adolescents with ADHD; however, use declines during adolescence when the consequences of ADHD are most severe. We examined adolescent and parent perceived barriers to taking ADHD medication. Issues related to teen disease frustration were common. Adolescents and parent perceptions of many barriers differed.
Attention and Distraction