Talk:ADHD

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ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. It shows in the early years of childhood and is in 3-5% of children. Nearly 2 million people and children in the United States alone have it and that number is rising. This disorder makes it hard to control behavior and to pay attention. It makes people disorganized, procrastinators, inconsistent, restless, talkative, and excitement or conflict seeking. ADHD was found in 1845 by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman was a poet who couldn’t find the right reading material for his three-year-old son. To solve this problem, he made a book of poems with illustrations short stories about children.

Since then, starting in 1902, several thousand books and papers have been published. They give information on nature, courses, impairments, and treatments. The people diagnosed with ADHD have a hard but not impossible task ahead. Children with it need help, guidance, understanding, guidance counselors, and the public education system. ADHD also goes on into adulthood, so when children are younger, they have to get everything they need. You have to try to detect it as soon as possible, and there are many symptoms.

Some of the symptoms for attention deficit hyperactive disorder are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Since it appears early in life, there is often a possibility that it was triggered by another disorder or disease. Therefore, your child should have a full examination. It is also something that appears over the period of a few months. It isn’t not there one day and then there the next. It may not come for more than a year and is not easy to diagnose. There are many reasons why ADHD can develop as well.

ADHD can exist because of social factors, child-rearing methods, neurobiology, and genetics. When diagnosed, parents should look to find the best way to help their child. Other causes are brain injury, food, and sugar. Sugar and refined sugar exacerbates symptoms, making them ten times worse. ADHD is also genetic; it can run in the family and have genetic influences.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded many studies toward ADHD. The most well know is called the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (MTA). They came up with four treatment programs: 1) medication management, 2) behavioral treatment, 3) a combination of both medication management and behavioral treatment, and 4) routine community care. The first three groups were treated in the first 14 months. The fourth referred for community treatment of parent choosing. They found that long-term combination of treatment and medicine management was superior to intensive behavior treatment and routine community treatment. In some areas anxiety, academic performance, opposition, parent-child relations, and social skills were superior.

ADHD is in nearly 2 million kids in the United States. There are many ways to get it, many have it, and there are many treatments. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder does not come suddenly, it takes time. ADHD does not go away completely, it possibly just gets milder and goes on into adulthood. It makes you have a short attention span, become very hyper, and impulsivity. It is also shockingly caused by watching too much television. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is common and somewhat treatable.