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3-year follow-up of the NIMH MTA study

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JENSEN, PETER S., ARNOLD, L. EUGENE, SWANSON, JAMES M., VITIELLO, BENEDETTO, ABIKOFF, HOWARD B., GREENHILL, LAURENCE L., HECHTMAN, LILY, HINSHAW, STEPHEN P. +13 more·2007·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective In the intent-to-treat analysis of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA), the effects of medication management (MedMgt), behavior therapy (Beh), their combination (Comb), and usual community care (CC) differed at 14 and 24 months due to superiority of treatments that used the MTA medication algorithm (Comb+MedMgt) over those that did not (Beh+CC). This report examines 36-month outcomes, 2 years after treatment by the study ended.Method For primary outcome measures (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] and oppositional defiant disorder [ODD] symptoms, social skills, reading scores, impairment, and diagnostic status), mixed-effects regression models and orthogonal contrasts examined 36-month outcomes.Results At 3 years, 485 of the original 579 subjects (83.8%) participated in the follow-up, now at ages 10 to 13 years, (mean 11.9 years). In contrast to the significant advantage of MedMgt+Comb over Beh+CC for ADHD symptoms at 14 and 24 months, treatment groups did not differ significantly on any measure at 36 months. The percentage of children taking medication >50% of the time changed between 14 and 36 months across the initial treatment groups: Beh significantly increased (14% to 45%), MedMed+Comb significantly decreased (91% to 71%), and CC remained constant (60%-62%). Regardless of their treatment use changes, all of the groups showed symptom improvement over baseline. Notably, initial symptom severity, sex (male), comorbidity, public assistance, and parental psychopathology (ADHD) did not moderate children's 36-month treatment responses, but these factors predicted worse outcomes over 36 months, regardless of original treatment assignment.Conclusions By 36 months, the earlier advantage of having had 14 months of the medication algorithm was no longer apparent, possibly due to age-related decline in ADHD symptoms, changes in medication management intensity, starting or stopping medications altogether, or other factors not yet evaluated.

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JENSEN, P. S., ARNOLD, L. E., SWANSON, J. M., VITIELLO, B., ABIKOFF, H. B., GREENHILL, L. L., HECHTMAN, L., HINSHAW, S. P., PELHAM, W. E., WELLS, K. C., CONNERS, C. K., ELLIOTT, G. R., EPSTEIN, J. N., HOZA, B., MARCH, J. S., MOLINA, B. S. G., NEWCORN, J. H., SEVERE, J. B., WIGAL, T., GIBBONS, R. D., & HUR, K.
Affiliations
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • McGill University Health Centre (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • University of Vermont (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
JENSEN, PETER S.
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-08
Volume
46
Issue
8
Pages
989-1002
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2031947904
Cited by
643
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
30.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • U.S. Department of Justice
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • University of Pittsburgh (U01 MH50467, N01MH 12010)
  • McGill University (N01MH12008)
  • York University
  • National Institutes of Health (n01mh12011-0-0-1, n01mh012009-007, n01mh12008-0-0-1, n01mh12010-0-0-1, n01mh12004-0-0-0, n01mh12007-0-0-0, n01mh012012-001)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (N01MH 12011, N01 MH12007, N01MH-12012, N01MH12008,, U01MH050467, MH-50467, U01 MH50477, U01MH050440, N01 MH12009, U01MH050453, U01MH050461, N01MH 12004, N01MH 12010, 12010)
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, medication management, behavior therapy, combination therapy, medication algorithm, long-term outcomes, oppositional defiant disorder, social skills, reading scores, symptom severity, comorbidities, parental psychopathology, children
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.), United States, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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