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Samuel Meisel1, Nicole Porter2, Molly Bobek2
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University.
Objective:
Changing Academic Support in the Home for Adolescents with ADHD (CASH-AA) and Medication Integration Protocol (MIP) are two family-based behavioral protocols designed to promote family solutions to academic problems and medication decision-making. Building on a randomized control trial examining these protocols, the current study examined how protocol dose, an indicator of treatment adherence, was associated with treatment outcomes.
Method:
The sample consisted of 145 adolescent clients (M age = 14.8, 72% male, 42% White, 37% Hispanic, 15% Black) and 49 community and hospital-based therapists (82% female, 63% White, 29% Hispanic). Latent growth curve models examined how therapist reports of minutes adolescents and their caregivers received CASH-AA and MIP predicted levels and change in inattentive and hyperactive symptoms (MINI-International Neuropsychiatric Interview); co-occurring symptoms (Youth Self Report/Child Behavior Checklist); homework problems (Homework Problems Checklist); and medication compliance at baseline, 3, 6, and 12-month follow-ups.
Results:
MIP minutes were prospectively associated with lower caregiver-reported inattentive and hyperactive symptoms, adolescent- and caregiver-reported externalizing symptoms and caregiver-reported homework problems at the 12-month follow-up (ẞ range = -.16 to -.39, p < .05), as well as faster decline in caregiver-reported inattentive symptoms (ẞ = -.29, p < .001). CASH-AA minutes were associated with greater caregiver-reported inattentive symptoms (ẞ = .11, p = .049) at 12-month follow-up and slower declines in homework problems (ẞ = -.39, p < .001). Neither MIP nor CASH-AA minutes were associated with internalizing symptoms or medication use.
Conclusions:
Findings further support MIP as an effective behavioral protocol for adolescent ADHD and indicate the need for increasing MIP implementation efforts in community settings.
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