Methylphenidate with or without behavioral intervention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

at least 5% of school-aged children. Boys are more commonly affected. Besides imposing large expenses on society health care system, ADHD may influence occupational, social and educational aspects of child's life, thus, establishing an appropriate therapy is of utmost importance .

experiment (receiving methylphenidate) and control (methylphenidate and behavioral intervention) .

associated with better outcome in inattentive and impulsive children however, it is less likely to treat hyperactivity and distractibility better than methylphenidate alone .

behavioral intervention and educating the sufferers' family member could improve child' performance in school and his self-confidence .