introduction attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is a chronic condition that affects millions of children and often persists into adulthood. adhd includes a combination of problems, such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. adhd is estimated to affect about 6 to 7 percent of people aged 18 and under when diagnosed via the dsm-iv criteria. hyperki...

adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obstructive sleep disordered breathing can lead to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd). the purpose of this study was to evaluate effect of adenotonsillectomy on improvement of adhd symptoms in a quasi-experimental (before and after) study. the efficacy of adenotonsillectomy on improvement of adhd symptoms of 35 children aged 5-12 years with adenotonsi...

to determine whether teenagers and young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) have more motor vehicle citations and crashes and are more careless drivers than their normal peers. in fact, studies have found that teenagers and adults with attention deficit disorder are nearly twice as likely as the general population to have had their licenses suspended. people with adhd h...

There is ambiguity about the clinical picture and concept of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Relevant literature was extracted from various search engines, analyzed, interpreted. Available suggests a significant prevalence ADHD adult population affecting quality socio-occupational functioning. Inattentiveness more commonly present than hyperactivity–impulsivity. Frequ...

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness and Modification Therapy on Impulsivity Risk-Taking Behaviors in Adolescents with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder

An instrument for early identification of ADHD symptomatology is proposed. Data were obtained from 358 mother-child dyads in Lima and Callao, which mothers reported on the their preschool children. The analyses supported conception as a continuum; they corroborated two-dimensionality disorder’s (Inattention Hyperactivity/impusivity), by theory clinical practice; turn, evidenced presence factors...

Associations between sleep duration and disturbance in infancy and early childhood and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses were investigated. Data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a population-based prospective longitudinal birth-cohort study of children born in 1991-1992 in South-West England, were employed. Eight thousand, one hundred and ninety-five ch...

OBJECTIVE In an attempt to surmount the problem of retrospectively establishing the childhood diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the authors constructed the 61-item Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) for adults to use to describe their own childhood behavior. In this paper they present their initial data collection and evaluation of the instrument's validity. METHOD The scale...

Five minutes of global ischemia in gerbil results in delayed hippocampal CA1 neuronal degeneration, which is accompanied by working memory impairments and hyperactivity in novel environments. In this study, postischemic activity was characterized in familiar and in novel environments to determine whether hyperactivity was due to impaired spatial habituation or another form of motor hyperactivit...

This Disorder (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by impairing levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or impulsivity. Inattention and disorganization entail inability to stay on task, seeming not listen, losing materials, at that are inconsistent with age or developmental level. Hyperactivity-impulsivity entails overactivity, fidgeting, seate...