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Rationale, Design, and Methods of the Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS)

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the rationale and design of the Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS). METHOD: PATS was a National Institutes of Mental Health-funded, multicenter, randomized, efficacy trial designed to evaluate the short-term (5 weeks) efficacy and long-term (40 weeks) safety of methylphenidate (MPH) in preschoolers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Three hundred three subjects ages 3 to 5.5 years old who met …

Authors

KOLLINS S; GREENHILL L; SWANSON J; WIGAL S; ABIKOFF H; McCRACKEN J; RIDDLE M; McGOUGH J; VITIELLO B; WIGAL T

Journal

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 1275–1283

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2006

DOI

10.1097/01.chi.0000235074.86919.dc

ISSN

0890-8567