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Individuals with ADHD (ages 13-55) We’d like to look at your brain! Neurosciences and Mental Health Program The Hospital for Sick Children We are trying to understand more about how a person’s brain perceives, anticipates, and responds to a stimulus event (such as a mild electrical pulse to the wrist). Some people are better at preparing appropriate response in anticipation of an upcoming stimulus event and some people have a really hard time doing so, but we do not really know why. Differences in the ability to prepare for an event may partly explain why the individual with ADHD in often unable to integrate past experience with current, or future, demands. The study Will scan your brain (MEG and MRI) while you do simple tasks |
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Researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the Hospital for Sick Children For more Information contact Tanya Milton atb 416-813-6568 |
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A Research Study on the Effects of Methylphenidate on Working Memory in Adolescents with ADHD |
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You can help us learn why Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder runs in families Why is Sick Kids conducting this study? Researchers have learned that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) runs in families. If one person in a family has ADHD then there is a chance that other people in the family will have ADHD too. Researchers at Sick Kids think that ADHD is caused by changes in genes. Genes are the part of us that tell our bodies how to grow and function. Researchers at Sick Kids are looking for the genes that cause ADHD. If we can find the genes that make people develop ADHD we may be able to eventually treat ADHD more effectively. Who can join this study? Your family can join this study if, if you have at least 2 children who - are hyperactive - are fidgety or restless - can't pay attention or concentrate - act without thinking and if your children are between the ages of 6 and 16 years. Why should my family join this study? Your doctor thinks that 2 or more of your children may have ADHD and that you can help us learn more about ADHD. If your family joins this study we will give your children tests of their learning thinking and feelings. We will tell you the results of your children's tests on the same day as the tests are given. We will also give you a written report about your children's tests within 6 weeks. You can give a copy of this report to your children's teachers. You can also give a copy of the report to your children's doctor. What will happen when we join the study? These are the things that will happen when you and your children join the study, You and your children will be asked to come to Sick Kids for one full day, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. You will meet with the researchers to talk about your children's attention and behaviour. This will happen on the day you come to Sick Kids. Your children will be given tests so that the researchers can understand your children's thinking, learning, and feelings. This will happen on the day you come to Sick Kids. The researchers will take a small blood sample from you and your children so we can look for genes that cause ADHD. The blood is taken through a needle on the day you come to Sick Kids. The researchers will phone your children's teachers to talk to them about how your child is doing in school. Will my privacy be protected? Yes. All information that you give during the study will remain strictly private. Will the study help cover my travel costs? Yes. Each family helping us with the study will receive $20 to help cover the cost of getting to Sick Kids How can I get more information about the study? You can call or send an E-mail message to the ADHD coordinator to get more information about the study. The phone number is 416-813-8291. Please leave a message with your name and number. You will be called back within 2 days.
THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Board of The Hospital for Sick Children and is funded by the Medical Research Council of Canada. |
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Does your child with ADHD have trouble sleeping? Are they also having problems with behaviour during the day? _______________________________________________ Investigators: Dr. Robyn Stephens, Dr. Paul Sandor and Dr. Colin Shapiro _______________________________________________ For this study we are looking for ten (10) medication free children and adolescents, aged 11-15 years, with a diagnosis of ADHD. To qualify for this study we need children who have trouble getting to sleep, or staying asleep, and who are having some problems during the daytime with aggressive behaviour. Each child will take part in a two night sleep study at Youthdale Child and Adolescent Sleep Centre (accompanied by a parent) so that we can formally look at their quality of sleep. This is a noninvasive procedure and there are no needles. There will be questionnaires for parents to complete and a small amount of memory and problem solving tests for the children. Each participant will receive the benefit of a formal sleep consolation with a sleep physician, and will be provided with the results of their polysomnographic sleep study. Remuneration for travel costs will be provided.
For further information, contact:
Youthdale Treatment Centres
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A study looking at how clonidine effects sleep and aggressive behaviour in children with Tourette’s Syndrome and ADHD ______________________________________ Investigators: Dr. Robyn J. Stephens, Dr. Paul Sandor, and Dr. Colin Shapiro __________________________________________________
Sleep disturbances have a wide-ranging impact on a children's health, behaviour, mood, school performance and family relationships, and remain a significant and under treated public health problem. In a recent review childhood insomnia was reported as "pervasive", affecting 10-45% of otherwise healthy preschool and school aged children yet alarmingly, children's sleep has been identified as one of the most poorly researched areas. Health Canada has approved this study is to gain a better understanding of how poor sleep may be related to aggressive behaviour. To do this, we wish to examine the effects on sleep of a common treatment, clonidine, to learn specifically what aspects of sleep are improved by the medication and to gain a better understanding of how improving sleep may potentially reduce daytime aggression, improve learning and attention span. This carefully monitored study will involve one group of thirty-two (32) children with Tourette's Syndrome (TS) and ADHD. Families will be provided with remuneration for each study visit to help cover travel costs. All participants will also receive a formal consultation with a sleep physician and a report of their sleep architecture.
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Are You Your Friend or Child Between the Ages of 12 and 16
The Child, Youth and Family Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is looking for youth between the ages of 12 and 16 who are diagnosed with ADHD and one parent to participate in a research study. The study involves reviewing an information form and questionnaire about ADHD and its treatment and completing few other questionnaires. Participants will be compensated for their time.
If you are interested in participating or to learn more about the study please contact Teen ADHD Research Study at 416-535-8501 Ext 4374 To find out about treatment and services for mental illness or addiction problems, please visit www.camh.net or contact CAMH at 416-535-8501. All queries are strictly confidential |
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Participants Needed Do you have videotapes of your child from birth to 12 months of age? Early Identification of Autism, ADHD, ADD and Other Developmental Problems We are developing a simple monitoring technique that will allow practitioners to identify infants as young as 2 months old who are at risk for Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and related developmental disorders. Knowing about typical development is essential to our study because only then will we know what derailed development is. We are seeking children diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, ADD, Specific Language Impairments, as well as typically developing children in order to complete the study. This research is being headed by Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.(Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics, George Washington University), Dr. Stuart G. Shanker, Ph.D. (Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, York University), and Lisa Bayrami, M.A. (Ph.D. candidate and research coordinator, York University) Participation in this study will require half an hour of your time. We will provide you with a brief questionnaire regarding demographic and child information. In addition, we would like a videotape of your child when he/she was less than a year old. We will arrange to have your videotape and questionnaire couriered to us. We will then make a copy of your videotape and return the original. We will share all research findings with you and continue to keep you informed about the progress of the study. To thank you for your participation we would like to offer you items beneficial to your child’s development. For more information, please contact Lisa Bayrami at York University at (416) 736-2100, ext. 33258 or email allisona@yorku.ca.
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YOU CAN EARN $35 IN ONE HOUR IF YOU: Have been previously diagnosed with ADHD ☺ Are between your second and fourth year of study in an undergraduate program ☺ Have normal hearing and vision ☺ Have no major developmental delays or motor problems
If this applies to you, then you may be eligible to participate in a study of: Working Memory and Academic Achievement in College students with ADHD/ADD Participation involves one 1 hour visit to OISE/UT During this visit, you will: ☺Do interesting computer tasks ☺Do tests of auditory memory ☺Complete some pencil and paper questionnaires. |
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