Receiving treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: do the perspectives of adolescents matter?
Perceptions of adolescents regarding the stigma related to ADHD are influential in treatment receipt. Quality improvement interventions for adolescents with ADHD should include psychoeducational interventions for adolescents and their parents that target medication receptivity and the stigma related to ADHD.
Together, these data demonstrate that stimulation of PKA activity in the amygdala can facilitate reward-related learning and suggest that neuroadaptative changes in the PKA pathway within this brain region may be a mechanism by which chronic drug abuse alters the control of behavior by drug-associated stimuli.