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    Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) What is ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by problems with attention as well as hyperactivity. Individuals also tend to act impulsively. The exact cause is unclear but is likely related to genetic factors as first-degree relatives are often affected. The disease frequently begins in childhood and may progress into adulthood. The condition is also often associated with other psychiatric comorbidities

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    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder may also be known as “ADHD,” is one of the most common neuro developmental disorders in today's society. Although it is usually first diagnosed in early childhood, often will last throughout adulthood. ADHD is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattentive and impulsive hyperactivity that interferes with the functioning and development of ones everyday life. To be diagnosed requires a set of comprehensive evaluations, done by a licensed clinician

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    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly found disorder in children in the United States. Statistics show that the male to female ratio for children with ADHD is eight to one. 4.4 million Children between the ages four to seventeen have diagnosed with ADHD (Cheng Tina L et al.). African American children are at a higher risk for having ADHD. Caucasian children are least likely to have ADHD. 2.5 million children receive medication for ADHD, but African American children

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    INTRODUCTION: Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder has become increasingly prevalent in the United States. According to Huang and Tsai (2011), the prevalence of ADHD has increased 50% during the last decade. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been characterized by unable to sustained attention for longer periods of time, inability to regulate activity level to situational demands, and poor impulse control. There are a variety of treatments for Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

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    Children who have extreme levels of attention deficits of hyperactivity have been proven by investigators to bear out the validity of this disease for centuries. Yet only since the children have been identified with this particular syndrome, where they adopt behaviors that are not expected, have emerged questions about it. According to Kewley on his book Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an internationally recognized medical condition of

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    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Crystal Sluss Psychology 231 March 7, 2015   Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a developmental disorder. ADHD is a difficult obstacle to overcome, but is not impossible. Many people are diagnosed with this disorder every day. It affects more than three percent of American children. Common symptoms include Inattention, Hyperactivity, and Impulsivity. The causes are not completely clear, there have many things that have been linked to

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    Introduction: Definition: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequently displayed and more severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development”. (1) Excessively hyperactive, inattentive and disruptive children have been described in literature since the nineteenth century. (2) Despite this, ADHD has only been recognised as a mental health condition since the 1960s,

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    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Lots of people hear the acronym ADHD, but they have not heard about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The extreme behind ADHD is so much more than what the outsider looking in can see. ADHD is a disability that not only affects the diagnosed patient; it also affects every single person who comes in contact with them. Many studies have been done on the diagnosis of an ADHD patient, the behaviors of the patient, as well as the available treatments that

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    ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER is a condition that can occur in both children and adults who constantly display inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER is one of many disorders that features problems in two major places; which are the impulse control and ability to focus attention on the different tasks. Children and adults with ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER either have a problem with inattention; meaning a short attention span

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    in diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children since the 21st century. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the increase has been seen as a difference from, “7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007 and to 11.0% in 2011” (p. 4). Many questions arise concerning why the numbers are on the rise, especially when boys are 7.6 percent more likely than girls to receive the diagnosis of ADHD. When should the line be drawn between a disorder, and hyperactivity that comes with

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