Drug holidays may not affect processing speed while they may reduce beneficial effects on resistance to interference among children with treated with methylphenidate: a single-center, prospective study.

Güler Göl Özcan Yusuf Öztürk Mesut Sari Yasemin İmrek Gonca Özyurt Ali Evren Tufan Aynur Pekcanlar Akay

Published in: Nordic journal of psychiatry (2020)

Our results suggest that psychomotor speed and resistance to interference improved in children with ADHD receiving methylphenidate treatment. Drug holidays did not affect psychomotor speed while beneficial effects on resistance to interference were reduced with drug holidays.

Keyphrases

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
young adults
autism spectrum disorder
adverse drug
working memory
drug induced
combination therapy