background and objective: background: the present study investigates the relationship between attention deficit hyperactive disorder (adhd) and the severity of symptoms in children with autistic spectrum disorder. methods: the study was conducted on 80 patients with autistic spectrum disorder visiting child psychiatric clinic of tehran psychiatric institute. the severity of autistic symptoms wa...

Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurological disorders among children with approximately 5.4 million children diagnosed in the United Sates. Inattention and hyperactivity are two major symptoms associated with ADHD interfering with the ability to function well at school or work. The etiology of ADHD is very complex involving genetics, brain structure and ...

The hypothesis that hyperactive children have a deficit in sustained attention was investigated. Eighteen children who had attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH), aged 7 to 11 years, were compared with children who had conduct disorder (n = 15), mixed conduct disorder and ADDH (n = 26), emotional disorder (n = 18), or learning disability (n = 22), and with normal controls (n = 15)...

INTRODUCTION Attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) has received in the past years a lot of attention from the paediatrician's specialties. Even though the studies of its etiopathology have advanced, mainly the ones related with genetics and neuroimaging, the final cause today is still unclear. DEVELOPMENT It has been related to many factors such as diet, like some allergies to additiv...