How do parents make sense of the decision to have their child initiate a trial of and continue stimulant medication for ADHD? Both parents will meet with the principal investigator (when possible) for a 75 minute interview. During the interview each parent will be given an opportunity to describe how they went about making the decision to have their child take stimulant medications. Each parent will be encouraged to describe details about each step in the decision-making process. With permission the couple will be asked about who had more difficulty, what unfolded, and how each parent's personal perspective fit into the decision-making process. The interview will be recorded on video and/or audio tape then the words will be transcribed and analyzed using qualitative techniques. Later, the couple will be invited to participate in a follow-up interview to review the analysis for accuracy and feedback. The second interview will also be recorded and analyzed. Portions of the transcript will be used in an article to be submitted for publication. Options include interviewing the couple separately, together, or both. Even video taping group interview(s) with several families or the youth may be collected as data, if these formats are mutually agreed upon and make sense to the families and the investigator. If video clips are made, some may be used (with separate and specific consent) in presentations for physicians in training and perhaps for parents facing the same decision.

Criteria For Participation: Any couple or single parent with experience in having stimulant medications offered for the treatment of one or more children for ADHD. The parent(s) may have made the decision in favor or against stimulant medication use. This study is open to 6-12 families living in the Chicago area, willing to be interviewed two times and to sign the consent form.

The interviews may be held at an office in downtown Evanston, in Glen Ellyn, or in the participant's home. The location of the interviews is to be negotiated. Participants are asked to include both parents, if possible. Over the course of collecting stories about each family's experiences, new ideas about how to proceed with the study may evolve. The structure of the study will be determined in collaboration between the families and the investigator.