Attention deficit disorder: not just for children

Mindfulness in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract Background: The current study aims to investigate the effects of mindfulness on attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a kind of neurodevelopmental disorder which affects different aspects of life. Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have problem with working memory, response inhibition, attention and socia...

Maternal Anxiety and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children

Background & aim:  According to the previous studies, anxiety along with some other psychiatric disorders is common among mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Since maternal anxiety affects mother-child interactions, early treatment plays an important role in the prognosis of ADHD in children. This study aimed to determine the relationship between maternal a...

Treating children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

It Is Just Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder…or Is It?

CASE Carly is a 5-year-old girl who presents for an interdisciplinary evaluation due to behaviors at school and home suggestive of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Parent report of preschool teacher concerns was consistent with ADHD. Psychological testing showed verbal, visual-spatial, and fluid reasoning IQ scores in the average range; processing speed and working memory were b...

Preschool Children with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

© 2009 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric disorder that is clinically characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Children with ADHD exhibited greater psychological, academic, emotional and social problems [1]. In fact, 20–67% of children with ADHD had the comorbidity oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), 20–56% had co...