If you are interested, one of our team members will call you to take screening information and to explain details of the study and to answer your questions. If we determine that your family might qualify for the study, you will be sent informed consent forms and questionnaires in the mail for each potential enrollee in the study. The questionnaires will ask about past medical and behavioral histories. These questionnaires take approximately 10 to 20 minutes each to complete.
An additional telephone questionnaire with a staff member may also take place, which may take about 45 minutes for each child enrolled.
Once all information is obtained, it will be reviewed by the ADHD team members. If your family is eligible for the next level of our study, a blood collection kit will be sent to you to take to your health care provider to have your blood drawn and sent to us. All the instructions for obtaining the blood and mailing it back to us will be in the kit.
Personal information that is given to us by study participants is kept confidential. Blood samples are given a code that does not include your name. Information about you is kept in locked cabinets or password protected computer files. Research results from blood sample analysis will not be made available to participating families.
As with all of our research studies, participation is completely voluntary. You may decide to participate in the study but later change your mind. You may withdraw your consent to participate at any time.