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In the past it was thought that children with ADHD would exceed London hyperactive part of ADHD often is better right now, so that many thought that the other areas of the problem would be even better. We now know that this is not true. Many adolescents may be less "hyper" but still restless and be impatient. Also many of the other symptoms continue to complicate their lives. For some symptoms of ADHD children can't even show until they become teenagers. If you are smart enough, they could probably have done through elementary with little trouble with their tasks and projects that were not long or intense. How to go home in junior high or high school work increases and one is asked to work on projects harder, longer and more independent. Right now you can start the struggling to stay on long enough to produce products that are acceptable to their current grade level.
If left untreated, ADHD may lead to serious problems of a teenager.
* Teenagers with ADHD (impulsive type) have 400% more traffic accidents and traffic tickets related to speeding, children without ADHD
* Twice as many teenagers with ADHD will run away from home that children without ADHD.
* As many as 50% of all teenagers in juvenile facilities have ADHD, but were treated for ADHD.
* Arson is often associated with attention deficit disorder, like teenagers with ADHD untreated are three times more likely to be arrested for arson of those without ADHD.
* Adolescents untreated for ADHD are ten times more likely to get pregnant or cause pregnancy than those without ADHD.
* Adolescents not treated for ADHD are more likely to contract a sexually transmitted disease from children without ADHD 400%.
While ADHD children often impulsive will get into trouble, inattentive ADHD children tend to be irregular due to not be motivated enough to remember the things which he was asked to do. Impulsive-hyperactive ADHD adolescents are la mort likely get in trouble are the guys as inattentive ADHD tend to crave the stimulation of antisocial behaviour and impulsively "act out".Because I'm a impulsive, they don't plan well their crimes and are usually easily captured.
ADHD can cause problems in life of a teenager, but with proper treatment, or medications, behavior modification, or preferably both, kids can do great things with their lives.ADHD child and teenager are full of energy, can be very funny and creative.
There are two main groups of adults with adhd:
(1) those who have been diagnosed as children and they still have symptoms, and
(2) those who had never diagnosed.The second group could be most likely include females.As a child a home life highly organised can disguise the expression of ADHD symptoms may not appear until the Difficulties uttered in the course of higher education, or even at work, when environmental requirements become more complex.
Is better for adults, as well as with children is a treatment that is multifacited. stimulants or antidepressants are often given to adults with ADHD. they can help adults to focus, use caution and curb the impulsive behavior. Psycosocial treatment may include psychotherapy which addresses how ADHD is and continues to influence the life of the person. it may also include education about the disease. jointly with the medication and psychosocial treatment, structured external media as day planners, computers and coaching are useful to adults with ADHD.
What better understand ADHD and how it affects your life, better use it to your advantage. some jobs covered by creativity and high energy-both "Symptoms" that many adults with ADHD show.
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder of childhood. It is commonly estimates that from 3% to 6% of the child and adolescent population in the United States is diagnosed with ADHD. However, a recent report issued by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) suggest that ADHD may affect as many as 8% to 17% of America's youth. The APA report indicating a greater public health threat than previously thought.
Children and adolescents with ADHD are at a significantly higher risk for numerous emotional and social problems than those without ADHD, including academic and occupational underachievement, violence and criminality, increased suicide and risk-taking behavior. Children with ADHD are also at risk for depression, interpersonal difficulties, and family disruption (J. Kendall, 2003). Although studies have demonstrated that family dysfunction is common in families with ADHD children. Also, family members may suffer serious psychological effects, however, knowledge is noticeable lacking as to how to help these families cope with the daily challenges ADHD.
Article of interest Recently I read an article titled, Working with the Family of a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The authors of this article are: D.J. DeMarle, L. Denk, and C.S. Ernsthausen. I recommend this particular article for several reasons the most important being that it is replete with great ideas; and some very good suggestions that sets the framework for addressing family members' relevent concerns about ADHD and make recommendation for effective treatment and support system. Most practitioners understand ADHD as a medical condition. I don't agree with that assessment. It is true that ADHD has a biological and a physiological component. However, I believe that ADHD is a psychological, behavioral, and medical disorder. When we view ADHD as a single entity we run the risk of treating part of the symptoms. For example, if we focus on the medical aspect ADHD, the medical practitioner is commonly consulted to determined if the child meets the criteria for ADHD as required by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM IV). The evaluating physicians are also called upon for advice and to prescribe treatment for the disorder. However, most physicians with a very active practice cannot devote the time that is necessary with the family to review the nature and causes of ADHD and the multi-disciplinary approach to treating the disorder. Therefore, there is an elevated risk that the doctor may inadvertently reinforce existing fears and misconceptions about ADHD in the minds of family members.
With this in mind we can understand how crucial the multi-disciplinary team and their experiences working with and supporting families throughout the interviewing and consulting process. Research shows that family's reaction may directly influence parental attitudes, the child, and their actions with him or her. It is an accepted fact that parents' attitude is affected by the information received, compassionate understanding, and the level of attention shown by the physician and other professionals sharing the news. This article, in my opinion, is a road map that can guide families through the process and help the team to develop strategy to reduce family members' anxities.
Because ADHD has received mass media attention in recent years many in the general public have reached an opinion about ADHD that is not supported by scientific facts. I offer this brief quote from the article to established a foundation for the unsupported, but wide, belief about ADHD. The authors described the verbal exchange between Don and Mary Butler (pseudonym) who had just been told by their pediatrician that their son Tommy had ADHD and suggests Ritalin as the appropriate treatment. Don turns to Mary and said, "See I told you he was just a lazy and rotten kid, even the doctor thinks so; that's why he is putting him on medication."
ADHD Real or Imagined? Don is expressing a widely held belief that ADHD is not a legitimate medical illness. It has been suffested that many in the medical community has strayed from the scientific path and created a disorder to ease teachers and parents' anxieties regarding childhood inappropriate behavior by routinely drugging children into proper behavior. Those who continue to believe that ADHD is a medical myth must ignore a mountain of scientific studies and research literatures that documents the existence of ADHD as a ligitimate and serious disorder. Based on the criteria established by the DSM IV, ADHD accounts for the greatest number of referrals to child mental health clinic than all other psychiatric and behavioral problems of childhood adolescent.
The continued questioning of the validity of the diagnosis of ADHD has caused uncertainties about its management in the minds of many clinicians and the public at large. Inaccurate beliefs about the validity of ADHD may hinder the appropriate care of some patients and cause confusion about the need for approved treatment. As stated above, critics describe ADHD as a means to label difficult children who are not ill but whose behavior is the problem. They further contend that, far from having a biological basis, ADHD results from improper parenting and poor, ineffective, teaching practices. These attitudes further stigmatize patients and their families, and increase the burden of this debilitating disease. There is overwhelming medical evidence that ADHD not only cause specific disabling symptoms that often persist into adulthood, but many studies shows a biological connection and a characteristic response to approved treatment.
Rodney Dangerfield, the well-known actor/comedian, often said "I get no respect." The thought that came to my mind was ADHD gets no respect. That is certainly the conclusion one might reach after reading so many insidious statements that ADHD is not an authentic and debilitating disorder. Many of us, including this author, who work with children diagnosed with ADHD have no illusion about the reality and seriousness of this disorder.
Like many teachers, in todays educational settings, I come in daily contact with students diagnosed with various disabilities, including ADHD. Therefore I have a profound sense of resentment toward those who support the beliefs that ADHD is not a legitimate illness but nothing more than a label created specifically to absolve parents and teachers of their responsibility to manage uncontrollable children. However, I can understand how the uninformed and those who choose to view ADHD from a distance might easily be led astray. For example, many of us at some point exhibit some of the symptoms common of ADHD. We sometime get distracted, we have trouble finishing assigned work or completing other important tasks. On the other hand, children with ADHD are, in most case, less able to care for themselves, less able to behave appropriately in social setting; and less able to communicate on the same level as other children of the same age.
Phantom Symptoms
Final, for unknown reason, symptoms indicating the present of ADHD may temporarily be absent leading others to believe that the person with ADHD can control the behaviors. Also, a definite diagnosis is difficult because there are no tests that can consistently detect ADHD. A physician can only observe behaviors and offer a professional conclusion weather the child has ADHD. If a child is having trouble concentrating, or may be unwilling to cooperate on the day they see the doctor this could lead to an incorrect diagnosis. Therefore, it is very important that ADHD be diagnosed by health care professionals that specializes in these types of disorders with the help and cooperation of parents and teachers.
DeMarle D.J., Denk L., Ernsthausen C.S. (2003) Working with the Family of a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Pediatric Nursing, Vol. 29 (4), 302-308.
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