background: the global prevalence of overweight and obesity had risen in recent decades, and obesity is taken into consideration as a public health concern and a major risk factor of common chronic disease. the objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and to identify its underlying factors among children 2-6 yr of age in fars province, southern ira...

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...

AIM To study the neurobehavioural development and somatic growth of children at preschool-age born to opioid-addicted mothers given opiate maintenance treatment (OMT) with buprenorphine during pregnancy. METHODS Twenty-eight children, whose 21 opiate-addicted mothers were treated with OMT during pregnancy and accepted participation to the study, went through a battery of neurobehavioural test...

OBJECTIVE To describe the long-term psychopharmacological treatment of children first diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as preschoolers. METHOD In a systematic, prospective, naturalistic follow-up, 206 (68.0%) of the 303 children who participated in the Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS) were reassessed 3 years (mean age 7.4 years) and 179 (59.1%) were reassess...

UNLABELLED OBJECTIVE The study aimed to investigate phenomenology, psychiatric comorbidity, and family history of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a clinical sample of normally developing preschool children with OCD. METHOD Subjects in this study were recruited from a clinical sample of preschool children (under 72 months of age) who were referred to a university clinic. Subjects wit...

background febrile seizure is one of the most prevalent childhood convulsions. there are controversy about possible relation between febrile seizure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). the aim of this study was to find the effect of simple febrile seizure on adhd in children. materials and methods in a case-control study all children of 3-12 years old with febrile seizure refer...

how to cite this article: salehi b, yousefichaijan p, safi arian s, ebrahimi s, naziri m. comparison of relation between adhd in children with and without simple febrile seizure admitted in arak amir-kabir hospital on 2010-2011. iran j child neurol. autumn 2016; 10(3):56-61. abstract objective febrile seizure is one of the most prevalent childhood convulsions with the most common age of onset a...