%0 Journal Article %A Momeni, F. %A Bahrami, H. %T An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Dela Cato Neuropsychological Method in Treatment of Hyperactive Children %J Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology %V 7 %N 4 %U http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-259-en.html %R %D 2002 %K Dela Cato neuropsychological treatment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, Conners Scale, %X Abstract Objectives: The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Dela Cato method in the treatment of hyperactive 7-12 years old boys. Method: 60 out of 120 boys admitted to psychiatrists’ offices and the Children Clinic of Roozbeh Hospital were randomly selected. These subjects had a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on the basis of DSM-IV criteria and Conners Parents and Teachers Scale. In the pre- treatment phase, the Conners Parents and Teachers Scale was administered to all the children. The experimental group was treated with Dela Cato neuropsychological method. Findings: After the treatment phase, which took four months, the Conners Scale was once again administered to both groups. The data was analysed  through central indices.A t-test compared the means between the correlated groups. The results demonstrated a significant difference between the behavior of ADHD children and that of the control group. %> http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-259-en.pdf %P 73-78 %& 73 %! An Evaluation of the Efficiency of Dela Cato Neuropsychological Method in Treatment of Hyperactive Children %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-251 %+ %G eng %@ 1735-4315 %[ 2002