The impact of multimodal psychosocial intervention among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Abstract EN

Objective : Evaluation of the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention in comparison to outpatient management.

Setting : Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, Psychiatric Hospital, Ministry of Health, Bahrain.

Design : Retrospective/cross sectional study.

Method : Group 1 (ROM) consist of twenty children from outpatient and group 2 (MPI) consist of 15 children from day-care, aged 4-16 years, diagnosed with DSM IV ADHD were recruited for the study after four weeks of treatment from 2006-2009.

Result : Twelve (80 %) children from daycare group were from non-intact family (P > .036).

Fourteen mothers (70 %) from ROM and 9 mothers (60 %) from MPI reported marked improvement in both groups.

Blind investigator and therapist / nurse found more improvement among those received more intense psychosocial intervention, group 2 (MPI) (P > .018).

Conclusion : Group 2 (MPI) had more psychopathology compared to Group 1 (ROM).

The staff and blind investigator reported better improvement among children in Group 2 (MPI).

Difficult ADHD cases benefit more from intense psychosocial intervention in Group 2 (MPI).