Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school age children and adolescents
Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school age children and adolescents
30 November 2009
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Summary,
DISEASE/CONDITION(S)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
GUIDELINE CATEGORY
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
Summary,
DISEASE/CONDITION(S)Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
GUIDELINE CATEGORY
- Diagnosis
- Evaluation
- Management
- Treatment
- Family Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Advanced Practice Nurses
- Allied Health Personnel
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians
- Psychologists/Non-physician Behavioral Health Clinicians
- Public Health Departments
- Social Workers
- To increase the use of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Primary Care (DSM-PC) criteria and screening for other primary conditions and comorbidities for patients newly diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- To improve the primary care use of first-line medications through a systematic, uniform approach
- To increase the number of clinicians who are utilizing a multimodality approach in treatment planning for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- To ensure that all patients diagnosed with ADHD are accurately evaluated and appropriately managed, whether by the primary clinician or through subspecialty consultation
Keywords:
ADHD, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement,
ADHD, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement,
