What did the study reveal on the multimodal treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ATD)? The Multimodal Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Study was designed to analyze major treatments for ADHD that included medications. therapy, in-depth behavioral therapy or a consolidation of both. There was an initial study of 14 months and a follow-up of 6 to 8 years (Molina et al., 2011). The ages of the children initially studied were approximately 7 to 10 years old. One finding of the initial 14-month study was that the type of treatment (medication, behavioral therapy, community care, or treatment combinations) did not predict how children would perform 6 to 8 years later, but could be used as a hypothesis about the type of behavior that might be displayed during adolescence (Molina et al., 2011). The combination of medication and behavioral therapy, rather than behavioral or community care alone, indicated the best type of progress for participants in the initial 14-month study (Molina et al., 2011). The study revealed 3 sets of conclusions. ; there was no marked distinction among children in the random group aged 7 to 9 years; the evolution of symptoms in the child made it possible to predict the outcome at follow-up at 6 and 8 years; even with medication and behavioral therapy, the MTA group had lower functioning capacity than the non-MTA sample at 2 years. The study showed that the disparity in treatment effects at the time of delivery decreased when treatment was relaxed (Molina et al., 2011). The introductory clinical onset of ADHD in childhood which included the worst symptoms of ADHD, any conduct problems, the child's intellect, any social relationships... middle of paper ...... a a longer duration of study. The authors of the MTA study would certainly have liked a longer study to be carried out. If you could do something different in this study, or a new study like it, to study the effectiveness of different ADHD treatments, what would you do? differently? (Hint: you may or may not want more subjects, different types of treatments, longer follow-up period, different measuring instruments, more "real world metrics", better quality control of psychotherapists, etc. ReferenceMolina , BSG, Hinshaw, SP, Swanson, JM, Arnold, LE, Vitiello, B., Jensen, PS, Epstein, JN and Hoza, B. (retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc /articles/). PMC3063150/?report=classic National Institute of Mental Health (nd)..=205525