Behavioral Disorders and Drug Therapy

This work treats the fields of behavioral and emotional disorders such as ADHD at the children with intellectual disability in condition of possibility of applying the drug treatment. The research included the 124 examinees with mild intellectual disabilities who attend primary schools in Belgrade. The IOWA Conners scale was applied in the research for estimating the behavior and the efficiency of applied drug treatment. The research results point up the presence of behavior disturbances and disturbances of emotional functioning in a range from 11.2% to 40.4%. In accordance with the gained results of research this work points out the importance of applying different method approaches such as multimodal oriented treatment based on the activities of the multidisciplinary team which includes psychopharmacological approach (sympathomimetics-psychostimulances and atoksomethyn), behavioral oriented treatment, such as psychotherapy with families and children with ADHD and social work with environment.