Gen 103: Information Literacy - Adhd in Children: An Overview of Treatment. Nurse Prescribing

Annotated Bibliography

Marquette Johns

GEN103:  Information Literacy

Kari Lomanno

January 7, 2018

Laver-Bradbury, C. (2013). ADHD in children: An Overview of Treatment. Nurse

Prescribing, 11(12), 597-601.

Lavar-Bradbury provided a detailed summary of the overview treatment of Attention

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Different treatments for ADHD can be non-

pharmacological or pharmacological. Treatments for preschoolers should be non-

pharmacological however, for school-age children drug treatment should only be offered

with parent consent. Depending on the person and the severity of their symptoms some

people can manage without medications. Some children with ADHD are very

oppositional, arguing with siblings, parents and friends. Parenting groups are highly

recommending for parents when children have behavior problems.

This source will help to address how ADHD can be controlled by non-pharmacological

or pharmacological treatments.

Young, S., & Amarasinghe, J. M. (2010). Practitioner Review: Non-pharmacological treatments

for ADHD: A lifespan approach. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 51(2), 116-

133 doi: 10.1111/j. 1469-7610.2009. 02191.x

Young & Amarasinghe notes how ADHD is a chronic and pervasive developmental

disorder and explains how children can maintain a lifestyle with non-pharmacological

treatments such as parent training, classroom interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy

and multimodal approaches involving teachers. Non-pharmacological interventions

should focus on the individual as patients as they mature into young adults. Behavioral