The Effectiveness of different Treating Methods for children withAttention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder onmaternal mental health

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of three treating methods (behavioral mother training، Verbal self-instruction to the children، and pharmacotherapy) in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder on maternal mental health changes. In this semi-experimental study، 95 of mothers with ADHD children were selected by multi-stage sampling and accessible sampling and divided to four groups; Mother Behavioral training group، Verbal Self-instruction، pharmacotherapy and Control group. Data collection tool was General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). All of the groups were evaluated after the intervention in post-test and also 2 months later in follow up. Finally، data were analyzed using SPSS (ver15) and General linear models and Bonferroni post hoc test. Significant declines were observed in behavioral mother training group and pharmacotherapy in post test (respectively P=0. 04، P=0. 007)، and follow up (P=0. 002). In the verbal self-instruction and control groups، there were no significant differences in scores of maternal mental health among the pre test، post test and follow up. The behavioral mother training and pharmacotherapy treatment for ADHD can improve the maternal mental health.