Can medication treatment improve real-life outcomes-not merely reduce symptoms-in adults with ADHD? (opens in new tab)

It is well-estab­lished that stim­u­lant med­ica­tions reduce core ADHD symp­toms in adults—inattention, impul­siv­i­ty, and hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty. Now, does med­ica­tion treat­ment also reli­ably enhance func­tion­al out­comes, in addi­tion to dimin­ish­ing core symptoms? Improve­ment in core ADHD symp­toms does not nec­es­sar­i­ly mean that improve­ment also occurs in impor­tant func­tion­al out­comes, i.e., doing bet­ter at work, in rela­tion­ships, reduc­ing…