ArticlePloS one2018
Medical treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children's academic performance.
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- Risks and Benefits of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication on Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes: A Qualitative Review of Pharmacoepidemiology Studies Using Linked Prescription Databases.Biological psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Influence of rhythmic music game intervention on executive function and sensorimotor ability of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Child training in the Child ViReal Support Program: Combining iVR-based cognitive training and CBT techniques in a pilot study.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Pre-adult attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder and later adverse health outcomes: the 1987 Finnish birth cohort study.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Academic Outcomes in Primary and Secondary School Students Prescribed Long-Acting Stimulants for ADHD Management.Journal of attention disorders · 2026Article
- Between "normality" and diagnosis: strains between theFrontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Unveiling Social Media Content Related to ADHD Treatment: Machine Learning Study Using X's Posts over 15 Years.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Long-term effect of pharmacological treatment on academic achievement of Norwegian children diagnosed with ADHD: a target trial emulation.International journal of epidemiology · 2025Observational
- Machine Learning Based Early Diagnosis of ADHD with SHAP Value Interpretation: A Retrospective Observational Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Article
- Mediating pathways between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence from a two-step and multivariable Mendelian randomization study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Early treatment response as predictor of long-term outcome in a clinical cohort of children with ADHD.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Educational achievement among children with a disability: do parental resources compensate for disadvantage?SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Child ViReal Support Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study for Effective Support of Parents Raising Children with Attention Deficits.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Increased Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs or School-Based Services for Children with Disabilities? Associations of These Self-control-Boosting Strategies with Juvenile Violence at the State Level.Journal of developmental and life-course criminology · 2023Article
- The impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and specific learning disorders on academic performance in Spanish children from a low-middle- and a high-income population.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Reasons for Treatment Changes in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Chart Review Study.Advances in therapy · 2022Article
- Diagnostic and Medication Treatment Disparities in African American Children with ADHD: a Literature Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Review
- Identification of shared and differentiating genetic architecture for autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and case subgroups.Nature genetics · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Interventions for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the CADDRA Guidelines Work GROUP.Brain sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is negatively associated with a range of academic achievement measures. We use Danish administrative register data to study the impact of medical treatment of ADHD on children's academic performance assessed by student grade point average (GPA). Using administrative register data on children, who begin medical treatment, we conduct a natural experiment and exploit plausible exogenous variation in medical nonresponse to estimate the effect of medical treatment on school-leaving GPA. We find significant effects of treatment on both exam and teacher evaluated GPAs: Compared to consistent treatment, part or full discontinuation of treatment has large significant negative effects reducing teacher evaluation and exam GPA with .18 and .22 standard deviations, respectively. The results demonstrate that medical treatment may mitigate the negative social consequences of ADHD. Placebo regressions indicate that a causal interpretation of our findings is plausible.
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