15 year old won't accept ADD diagnosis

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<p>*Medication use decreased by 62% after the 14-month controlled trial, but adjusting for this did not change the results. *</p>

<p>Different way of explaining it.</p>

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A majority (61.5 percent) of the children who were medicated at the end of the 14-month trial had stopped taking medication by the eight-year follow-up, suggesting that medication treatment may lose appeal with families over time. The reasons for this decline are under investigation, but they nevertheless signal the need for alternative treatments.

[NIMH</a> · Short-term Intensive Treatment Not Likely to Improve Long-term Outcomes for Children with ADHD](<a href=“http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/short-term-intensive-treatment-not-likely-to-improve-long-term-outcomes-for-children-with-adhd.shtml]NIMH”>http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/short-term-intensive-treatment-not-likely-to-improve-long-term-outcomes-for-children-with-adhd.shtml)</p>