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ADHD and ADD Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

criteria which are used to determine if a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder is appropriate in a particular case. The Diagn...

ADHD and ADD and School Compulsory Medication

conspiracy to boost the sales of Ritalin (Lan, 2001). The case, Hernandez v. Ciba Geigy alleges that that the APA colluded with th...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Drug Therapies

of critiques of drug therapy versus the use of other treatment measures are the central themes of this paper. Background of Psych...

Students with Attention Deficit Disorder and Educational Strategies

oppositional behaviors and are "out of control." This perspective often complicates the learning process, creating a distraction ...

The Impact of Adult ADD/ADHD on Education

diagnosis of ADD is an extremely complex process, which is complicated by the fact that the symptoms are very similar to other emo...

An ADHD Review

"generalized impulsivity disorder, with the traits of impulsivity manifesting at the motor, emotional, social, and attentional lev...

An Article Critique on ADHD

Studies conducted by Chelune, Ferguson and Richard and Lou, Henriksen and Bruhn all suggest the theory of "frontal lobe underactiv...

Provisions in Education for Adolescents with ADHD, Asperger's, and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

1998). This is enshrined in both political rhetoric and policies and papers such as the policy documents Excellence in Schools and...

ADHD and a Male Black Teen

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

Sppech Pathology and ADHD

Center for Health Statistics, approximately 6.7% of children aged 5 to 17 were reported to have ADHD in 1997-2000" (Attention Defi...

A Literature Review Study on ADHD

In the absence of a physical test, an ADHD diagnosis is completely subjective and based on the opinion of the individual making th...

Adolescents And ADHD

What has been established thus far is the fact that depth and duration of consciousness, coupled with how old the individual is wh...

Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Over Diagnosed?

to high increased use, but this may also be down to increased acceptance and a low baseline. To assess whether or not there is a...

ADHD: Legitimate Medical Diagnosis or Socially Constructed Disorder? - Ethical Concerns

and school- or community-level factors associated with receiving a diagnosis of ADHD" According to recent...

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Importance of Early Intervention

with ADHD and CD have the same psychophysiological response patterns in studies which are similar to those with antisocial persona...

Childhood Mental Illnesses

ADHD assessment tools"; he also questions how ethical it is to give "dangerous and addictive drugs to children" (Stolzer, 2007, p....

Tutorial on Whether or Not Hyperactive Children Should be Treated with Drugs

In six pages this tutorial defines ADD, ADHD, and MBD, along with diagnosis and treatments of each outlined and then opines with j...

Ritalin, Pro & Con

vision problems or learning disabilities or "whether a childs behavior is simply immature or exuberant" ("Attention" 77). Accurate...

IDEA ’97

brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and development aphasia....The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result ...

Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

Psychiatric/Mental Health Web Site Analysis

many other disorders. Given the prevalence of both ADD/ADHD and Depression, this user linked to each of these disorders. The ADD/A...

Article Reviews On Learning Disabilities

different links only to be brought to lists advertising college programs, books or other products. Returning to the home page, thi...

CHADD

parents completely overlook the fact that "children mature at different rates and are very different in personality, temperament, ...

Issues in Psychology

A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...

Troubled Teens: SUDs and DBDs in Adolescent Populations

226) and occurs in as much as 26 percent of the adolescent population, and include alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use. Su...

Research Summaries and Analysis

used to assess this knowledge was the Knowledge of Attention Deficit Disorders Scale (KADDS). Results showed that the teachers kne...

Critique, Quantitative Article Analysis

This analysis critiques a study conducted by Martinson and Tang (2010). The study was quantitative in nature and addressed FNP pra...

Ritalin and the Hazards of its Use

depression and even cancer in mice (Wittmeier 29). Some preschoolers on the drug also can experience severe social withdrawal, inc...

Diagosing and Treating Behavior Disorders

ADHD (Lebanon Township Elementary Schools, nd). Another study suggested that 25 percent of CD kids developed anti-social disorder ...

Nutrition and Health Science

claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...