Hyperactivity

DSM-5 Diagnosis Diagnosis: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Additional Information: difficulty in school prior to 12 years old, joint pain, two concussions within the past year. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, otherwise known as ADHD, is “a disorder marked by inability to focus attention, or overactive and impulsive behavior, or both” (Comer, 2014, p. 530). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5) an adult must show five

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

the most common. All including AD/HD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and unspecified disruptive disorder. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most common childhood brain disorders and can continue through adolescence and adulthood. What is Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able to control behavior, or a combination of these. ADHD is one

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is very commonly known. Today, ADHD is one of the most common mental disorders among children. The NIMH (The national institute of mental health) predicts that it affecting 3 to 5 percent of all children(AACAP), with an approximate amount of 30% to 65% of these children experiencing persistence of symptoms into adolescence and adulthood (AACAP).There are three types of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Predominantly

ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a predominant childhood disorder that can continue through adolescence and adulthood. There are three classes hyperactive-impulsive, inattentive, and combined. ADHD is typically shown with being inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive. By 2011 there were 11% of school-aged children with a history of a diagnosis of ADHD (CDC, 2014). The purpose of this paper is to discuss ADHD in a whole, from when

Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Research Paper Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD, is a brain disorder that consists of a continuous pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with development or functioning. Inattention refers to a person wandering off task, lacking persistence, having difficulty sustaining focus, and being disorganized. Hyperactivity includes people who seem to constantly move, and continuously fidget, tap, or talk

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, affects about “5% of children and about 2.5% of adults” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 61). “The main features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity, or a combination of both” (Grohol, 2013). Symptoms for hyperactivities includes fidgeting, talking a lot, running or climbing excessively, not being able to play quietly. Symptoms for impulsive behavior this includes blurting out answers

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the media. Opinions regarding ADHD range from not believing it exists at all to believing there are genetic and physiological bases for the condition as well as disagreement about the use of stimulant medications in treatment. Some sociologists consider ADHD to be a "classic example

research on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) there was many questions I had in my head because my nine year old son was diagnosed with ADHD late last year. Even then I didn’t get a real answer to what ADHD was, how long it has been around, what are the causes, the symptoms, how do they diagnose it, what are all the treatments, what are the side effects of the medications and last but not least what can I do to help my child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Since none of

two-thousand years philosophers like Hippocrates have studied behaviors characteristic of the psychiatric disorder known today as Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, “ADHD” (Peterson, 2007, p. 10). It is defined by Myers (2010) as “a psychological disorder marked by the appearance by age 7 of one or more of three key symptoms: extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity” (p. 595). ADHD is predominately seen in boys. Possible reasons for developing this disorder have been linked to abnormalities