The treatment process has three basic stages:

• Baseline evaluation. As part of the diagnostic evaluation, the healthcare professional determines the target symptoms and the baseline degree of impairment.
• Treatment strategy. The healthcare professional forms a treatment strategy by prioritizing the target symptoms and determining which treatment methods are best suited to reduce them.
• Symptom monitoring and strategy adjustment. A key part of ADHD treatment is monitoring of symptoms in various areas (such as learning, academics, family interactions, and peer relationships) and settings (such as home, school, and extracurricular).

Which medications are being used today?