This study examined intelligence and academic characteristics of 30 elementary aged boys with pure hyperactivity and 41 boys with hyperactivity mixed with additional conduct or oppositional defiant disorders. Findings suggest a great deal of heterogeneity on all measures along with some decrement in academic performance when conduct or…

A study of the patterns of behavior disorders, hyperactivity, and emotional disturbances and classroom environments in 13 social adjustment classes, 3 day treatment programs, and a psychiatric outpatient program is reported. Results concerning occurrence of the disorders and the instruments used for characterizing these children and environments…

Although many psychopharmacologic treatments and behavioral or cognitive behavioral interventions have been established as evidence-based practices, they have seldom been directly compared to one another as to outcome in children with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD). In this paper, we present findings from 6 recent randomized clinical…

Wisconsin teachers provided information on 1,300 students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) who were receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The ADHD/EBD students comprised approximately 26% of all EBD students. The most common medication was Ritalin, and teachers believed the medication effectively…

This article describes the language abilities of 20 boys aged 10 to 13.5 years who were admitted to residential treatment because of their significant and persistent antisocial behavior. Primary diagnoses included oppositional/defiant disorder and conduct disorder. Eighty percent carried the additional diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity…