Addressing ADHD in Children: Contemporary Treatment Strategies
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anxiety disorders; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children; behavioral problems in children; learning disorders in children; executive function
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Treatment research in youth Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders in the last 15 to 20 years has contributed to major advances in impacting the core symptoms as well as functional impairments in family and social relationships, executive functioning, and emotional regulation. Along with a number strides in medication treatment, substantial growth in treatment has occurred in psychosocial interventions and the use of non-medication interventions targeting alterations in brain activity. To provide an opportunity to gather summaries and updates on these varied means of altering the development in youth with ADHD, Brain Science is developing a Special Issue dedicated to covering these exciting investigations. The editors are seeking submissions that provide comprehensive reviews of clinical trials or new investigations in several broad areas: novel forms of parent education and advances in behavioral parent training; the state of science in addressing social functioning; approaches to enhance executive functioning in home and school situations; methods that address emotion and behavior regulation; and treatments that directly target brain activity. The Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive source that will serve as a reference for both researchers and clinicians. The editors aim to facilitate readers’ ability to incorporate recent advances in their clinical work or to build upon this work to create even more groundbreaking investigations.
Dr. Richard Gallagher
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorders)
- children
- adolescent
- executive function deficits and treatment
- functional impairments
- psychosocial interventions
- brain activity-targeted treatments
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