title: ADHD and growth: questions still unanswered.
abstract: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorders. It is manifested in every part of an affected child's behavior, with multiple symptomatology and heterogenous etiology. Published studies report that ADHD children may show changes in growth and development. Most of the studies on ADHD have been focused on connections between medication and growth changes and describe growth delays associated with medication. However, recent research results point to the low significance of the changes accompanying pharmacological treatment. Changes in growth may not only be a secondary effect of the treatment, but may also be specific characteristics of ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Center for Congnitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinic of Psychiatry, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Radek
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ptacek
authors.affiliation: Center for Congnitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinic of Psychiatry, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Hana
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuzelova
authors.affiliation: Center for Congnitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinic of Psychiatry, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: George B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Stefano
authors.affiliation: Center for Congnitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinic of Psychiatry, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raboch
authors.affiliation: Center for Congnitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinic of Psychiatry, 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kream
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goetz
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants