Behavioral and psychological changes have been associated with thyroid dysfunction in humans for several hundred years. About two-thirds of human patients with attention deficithyperactivity disorder were found to be hypothyroid in a recent study, and supplementing them with thyroxine was largely curative. In animals, hyperthyroid cats tend to be more irritable and show increased vocalization, ...

For a number of years, clinicians and researchers have recognized the existence of a subgrouping of children who exhibit chronic and pervasive signs of inattention, impulsivity, and physical restlessness, as well as deficiencies in rule-governed behavior, which deviate significantly from age and gender expectations (Barkley; 1981; Ross & Ross, 1982; Wender, 1971). Since first being identified b...

Anak dengan gangguan Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) memiliki masalah pada pemusatan perhatian dan cenderung hiperaktif dalam berkegiatan, salah satu pemicu sikap anak ialah makanan. Makanan yang tidak terkontrol dapat menyebabkan hiperaktivitas meningkat emosi stabil. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tantangan kesulitan orangtua menuntun ADHD berdiet serta solusi ditemu...

children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) react explosively and inappropriately to emotional stimuli. it could be hypothesized that these children have some impairment in attending to emotional cues. based on this hypothesis, we conducted this study to evaluate visual directions of children with adhd towards paired emotional scenes.thirty boys between the ages of 6 and 11 ye...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a. does electroencephalography contribute to examining children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? iran j child neurol. 2014 summer;8(3): 65-67. letter to editor, has not abstract. references swaiman kenneth f as, ferriero d, schor n. pediatric neurology: principles & practice. 5th ed. philadelphia: elsevier/saunders; 2012. p.622-628. sado...

objectives: the purpose of the present study was comparing visuo-spatial attention between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-inattentive (adhd-i) type and normal children. methods: in this cross-sectional study fifteen (7-10 years of age) children were classified with adhd-i type and 15 normal children were matched for age, sex, and iq. they were selected trough simple rand...

objective: to report the case of a 46-year old male with major depressive disorder, who represented manic symptoms, when olanzapine was added to his treatment. method: a 46-year old female, with a diagnosis of treatment resistant depression was referred to the authors. he had past history of depression for more than 20 years. the symptoms were present nearly every day since 1981, without any di...

the aim of this study was to determine melatonin effects on sleep patterns, symptoms of hyperactivity and attention deficiency in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd).children with age range of 7-12 years who had a combined form of adhd were randomly divided in to 2 groups according to gender blocks. one group took melatonin (3 or 6mg) combined with methylphenidate (rit...