The clinical treatment of attention deficit disorder involves a meticulous process of diagnosis, prognosis, medication, psychotherapy, rehabilitation, and continuing support education. ADD centers abound and some of them combine research and treatment, while some specialize between the two.
Treatment centers
Clinical treatment ADD centers undertake diagnosis and medication in their services. Examinations of the neuro-psychological nature provide diagnostic backgrounders on the extent of the disorder, attendant problems (such as co-existing depression) compounding the disorder, recommendations and plans for treatment, rehab and therapy. There are ADD centers that offer clinical services on cognitive rehabilitation and therapy. This is an intensive program of medication combined with training, support therapy, counseling the ADD sufferer and his circle of family and friends, education for real life. Communication, social interaction, and organizational skill-building are but some of the areas being addressed with the rehabilitation and therapy programs. All are geared towards the individual gaining confidence and acquiring the skills to live a normal, social life.
Research and study centers
Then again there are ADD centers that undertake research and study focusing on ADD, autism, and other special neuro-psychological disorders. There are multi-discipline centers that conduct research, clinical studies and experiments, testing, resource mobilization and network-building and network-linking. These centers aim to understand the nature and treatment of ADD/ADHD and other mental and psychological disorders. Government and private-sector agencies and foundations mobilize public- and donor funds to conduct extensive research on the ADD ailment. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Center for Human Development Research (CHRD), and a host of other government and private agencies provide a list multi-disciplinary entities and networks that provide a wealth of information on ADD/ADHD from clinical diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation.
Joining forces
ADD centers that focus on treatment are coordinating with research agencies, if not beginning to conduct their own independent researches and studies, in order to hasten the generation of critical medical information that will be used in the furtherance of information-dissemination and wide-spread treatment and relief from the affliction.
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