Overview
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of an Internet-Assisted behavioral parent training intervention on children's ADHD symptoms and children's and parents' mental health status.
Description
In the two-arm, parallel, randomised controlled design, patients aged 6-12 years who met the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for ADHD were recruited and randomised into Internet-Assisted behavioral parent training group or General clinical care group.
The GCC group was subjected to General clinical care for 2 months, delivered by experienced child psychiatrists. The IA-BPT group received Internet-Assisted behavioral parent training in group format for 2 months besides General clinical care.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1.Meeting the diagnostic criteria for ADHD in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
- 2.Total IQ greater than 70 as measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
- 3.Child and their parents consent to the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1.Children or parents with severe organic encephalopathy and other severe mental disorders
- 2.Has received or is receiving behavioral treatment (parent training)
- 3.Parents who could not understand or lacking of access to computers and the Internet