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Practice Guideline
. 2011 Nov;128(5):1007-22.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2654. Epub 2011 Oct 16.

ADHD: clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents

Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management; Mark Wolraich, Lawrence Brown, Ronald T Brown, George DuPaul, Marian Earls, Heidi M Feldman, Theodore G Ganiats, Beth Kaplanek, Bruce Meyer, James Perrin, Karen Pierce, Michael Reiff, Martin T Stein, Susanna Visser
Practice Guideline

ADHD: clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents

Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder et al. Pediatrics. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood and can profoundly affect the academic achievement, well-being, and social interactions of children; the American Academy of Pediatrics first published clinical recommendations for the diagnosis and evaluation of ADHD in children in 2000; recommendations for treatment followed in 2001.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have filed conflict of interest statements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the development of the content of this publication.

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