Developmental Delays in Children With ADHD

Developmental delays in children with ADHD.

OBJECTIVE ADHD is often comorbid with other disorders, but it is often assumed that academic, language, or motor c skills problems are secondary to ADHD rather than that attention problems are secondary to the other disorder or both disorders have a shared etiology. We assessed for comorbid developmental disorders and which cognitive processes were impaired in children with ADHD. METHOD Measu...

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Language Skills in Children with Adhd and Developmental Dyslexia

Background. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) belong to the most frequently diagnosed developmental disorders in school-age children, and not infrequently cooccur. Linguistic functioning is one of the aspects of cognitive functioning in the cases of ADHA, dyslexia, or both disorders that presents a very diverse symptomatology. The aim ...

Sleep Problems and Aggressive Behavior in Children with ADHD

Objective: Aggression is a disruptive behavior that limits children’s ability for a better adjustment. As commonly reported, sleep problems is associated with the presentation of aggression in ADHD children. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between sleep problems and aggressive behavior in children with ADHD.  Methods: The study method is correlational and cross-section...

Clock Face Drawing Test Performance in Children with ADHD

Introduction: The utility and discriminatory pattern of the clock face drawing test in ADHD is unclear. This study therefore compared Clock Face Drawing test performance in children with ADHD and controls. Methods: 95 school children with ADHD and 191 other children were matched for gender ratio and age. ADHD symptoms severities were assessed using DSM-IV ADHD checklist and their intellectua...