Efficacy of a stepped-care approach for school-age children with mild to moderate ADHD (ESCAschool-moderate): an adaptive intervention study including a randomized controlled trial

Manfred Döpfner, Christina Dose, Christopher Hautmann, Martin Hellmich, Lea Teresa Kohl, Anne-Katrin Treier, Elena von Wirth, Katja Becker, Daniel Brandeis, Ute Dürrwächter, Julia Geissler, Sarah Hohmann, Martin Holtmann, Michael Huss, Thomas Jans, Anna Kaiser, Johanna Ketter, Tanja Legenbauer, Sabina Millenet, Luise Poustka, Tobias J. Renner, Jasmin Wenning, Unknown, Nina Christmann, Brigitta Gehrig, Monja Groh, Christine Igel, Karina Janson, Marie-Therese Steiner, Matthias Winkler, Mirjam Ziegler, Nicole Grau, Wiebke Haberhausen, Alisa Hiery, Katja John, Daria Kasperzack, Jennifer Krämer, Christopher Mann, Tanja Mingebach, Anna Maria Paulus, Bastian Schrott, Linda Weber, Anne-Kathrin Ohlsen, Julia Kellner, Katrin Krugmann, Karen Schulze-Husmann, Ann-Katrin Thöne, Paula Vetter, Marcel Romanos, Tobias Johann Renner, Ute Dürrwächer, Lena Flik, Melinda Mross, Anja Pascher, Natalie Richardt, Priska Schneider, Ida Steinacker, Inken Kirschbaum-Lesch, Franziska Martin, Michael Kölch, Stefanie Bienioschek, Henrik Uebel von Sandersleben, Fatmeh Al-Deb’i, Kerstin Konrad, Vanessa Reindl, Jochen Seitz, Tamara Novak, Miriam Remy, Christine Margarete Freitag, Nadine Friedrich, Michael Rösler, Steffen Barra, Petra Retz-Junginger, Birgit Leipnitz, Florence Philipp, Toivo Zinnow, Esther Sobanski, Barbara Alm, Melanie Bleich, Oliver Hennig, Peter Praus, Barbara Scharnholz, Andreas Jochen Fallgatter, Julia Becker-Sadzio, Saskia Deppermann, Thomas Ethofer, Lydia Weber, Michael Erb, Alexandra Phillipsen, Marcel Schulze, Behrem Aslan, Meike Lingen, Maria Steffens, Sina Klüver, Samira Groß, Vivien Groß, Johannes Thome, Beate Krecklow, Wolfgang Retz, Lea Bensing, Sergiy Davydenko, Priscilla Gregório-Hertz, Daniel Turner, Tobias Banaschewski

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DOI: 10.1186/s13034-026-01115-3
Published: 2026-07-23
Container: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s13034-026-01115-3,
  title = {Efficacy of a stepped-care approach for school-age children with mild to moderate ADHD (ESCAschool-moderate): an adaptive intervention study including a randomized controlled trial},
  author = {Manfred Döpfner and Christina Dose and Christopher Hautmann and Martin Hellmich and Lea Teresa Kohl and Anne-Katrin Treier and Elena von Wirth and Katja Becker and Daniel Brandeis and Ute Dürrwächter and Julia Geissler and Sarah Hohmann and Martin Holtmann and Michael Huss and Thomas Jans and Anna Kaiser and Johanna Ketter and Tanja Legenbauer and Sabina Millenet and Luise Poustka and Tobias J. Renner and Jasmin Wenning and Unknown and Nina Christmann and Brigitta Gehrig and Monja Groh and Christine Igel and Karina Janson and Marie-Therese Steiner and Matthias Winkler and Mirjam Ziegler and Nicole Grau and Wiebke Haberhausen and Alisa Hiery and Katja John and Daria Kasperzack and Jennifer Krämer and Christopher Mann and Tanja Mingebach and Anna Maria Paulus and Bastian Schrott and Linda Weber and Anne-Kathrin Ohlsen and Julia Kellner and Katrin Krugmann and Karen Schulze-Husmann and Ann-Katrin Thöne and Paula Vetter and Marcel Romanos and Tobias Johann Renner and Ute Dürrwächer and Lena Flik and Melinda Mross and Anja Pascher and Natalie Richardt and Priska Schneider and Ida Steinacker and Inken Kirschbaum-Lesch and Franziska Martin and Michael Kölch and Stefanie Bienioschek and Henrik Uebel von Sandersleben and Fatmeh Al-Deb’i and Kerstin Konrad and Vanessa Reindl and Jochen Seitz and Tamara Novak and Miriam Remy and Christine Margarete Freitag and Nadine Friedrich and Michael Rösler and Steffen Barra and Petra Retz-Junginger and Birgit Leipnitz and Florence Philipp and Toivo Zinnow and Esther Sobanski and Barbara Alm and Melanie Bleich and Oliver Hennig and Peter Praus and Barbara Scharnholz and Andreas Jochen Fallgatter and Julia Becker-Sadzio and Saskia Deppermann and Thomas Ethofer and Lydia Weber and Michael Erb and Alexandra Phillipsen and Marcel Schulze and Behrem Aslan and Meike Lingen and Maria Steffens and Sina Klüver and Samira Groß and Vivien Groß and Johannes Thome and Beate Krecklow and Wolfgang Retz and Lea Bensing and Sergiy Davydenko and Priscilla Gregório-Hertz and Daniel Turner and Tobias Banaschewski},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health},
  doi = {10.1186/s13034-026-01115-3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-026-01115-3}
}

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APA

Döpfner, M., Dose, C., Hautmann, C., Hellmich, M., Kohl, L. T., Treier, A., Wirth, E. V., Becker, K., Brandeis, D., Dürrwächter, U., Geissler, J., Hohmann, S., Holtmann, M., Huss, M., Jans, T., Kaiser, A., Ketter, J., Legenbauer, T., Millenet, S., Poustka, L., Renner, T. J., Wenning, J., Unknown, Christmann, N., Gehrig, B., Groh, M., Igel, C., Janson, K., Steiner, M., Winkler, M., Ziegler, M., Grau, N., Haberhausen, W., Hiery, A., John, K., Kasperzack, D., Krämer, J., Mann, C., Mingebach, T., Paulus, A. M., Schrott, B., Weber, L., Ohlsen, A., Kellner, J., Krugmann, K., Schulze-Husmann, K., Thöne, A., Vetter, P., Romanos, M., Renner, T. J., Dürrwächer, U., Flik, L., Mross, M., Pascher, A., Richardt, N., Schneider, P., Steinacker, I., Kirschbaum-Lesch, I., Martin, F., Kölch, M., Bienioschek, S., Sandersleben, H. U. V., Al-Deb’i, F., Konrad, K., Reindl, V., Seitz, J., Novak, T., Remy, M., Freitag, C. M., Friedrich, N., Rösler, M., Barra, S., Retz-Junginger, P., Leipnitz, B., Philipp, F., Zinnow, T., Sobanski, E., Alm, B., Bleich, M., Hennig, O., Praus, P., Scharnholz, B., Fallgatter, A. J., Becker-Sadzio, J., Deppermann, S., Ethofer, T., Weber, L., Erb, M., Phillipsen, A., Schulze, M., Aslan, B., Lingen, M., Steffens, M., Klüver, S., Groß, S., Groß, V., Thome, J., Krecklow, B., Retz, W., Bensing, L., Davydenko, S., Gregório-Hertz, P., Turner, D., & Banaschewski, T. (2026). Efficacy of a stepped-care approach for school-age children with mild to moderate ADHD (ESCAschool-moderate): an adaptive intervention study including a randomized controlled trial. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-026-01115-3

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