Table 1 Criteria for inclusion and exclusion in the SOSTRA trial

1) The parents should be interested in taking part in parental groups in Child Psychiatric Clinic in Holbaek.

Patients with the following diagnoses according to DSM IV:

1) Schizophrenia:

295.30 (Paranoid type); 295.10 (Disorganized type); 295.20 (Catatonic type); 295.90 (Undifferentiated type); 295.60 (Residual type); 295.70 (Schizoaffective Disorder); 297.1 (Delusional Disorder); 298.8 (Brief Psychotic Disorder); 297.3 (Shared Psychotic Disorder); 298.9 (Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified).

2) The patients (and the parents) must understand and speak Danish language to an extent where a translator is not needed in order to be able to complete the assessment and the treatment.

2) Children with autism according to DSM IV:

299.00 (Autistic Disorder); 299.10 (Childhood Disintegrative Disorder); 299.80 (Asperger's Disorder), or a cut of score on both the SCQ questionnaires above 15.

3) The patients' parents must give informed consent to participate in the trial.

3) Violent and criminal youngsters.

4) The child must be between 8 to 12 years old by the time of the start of the assessment.

4) Children with a total verbal and nonverbal intelligence quotient below 80 according to WISC III

5) Both boys and girls can participate.

5) Strong resistance from the child against participating.

6) Children with a total verbal or nonverbal intelligence quotient over 80 according to the WISC III.

6) Previous started medical treatment for ADHD.

7) The children must fulfil research criteria for the diagnosis ADHD according to DSM IV (1994): 314.00, 314.01, 314.02. or 314.9.

7) Lacking informed consent.

8) The parents must consent in medical treatment for their child and there must be clinical indication for medical treatment.