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...

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...

800x600 how to cite this article: amirsalari s, radfar sh, ajallouyean m, saburi a, yousefi j, noohi s, tavallaie sa, hassanalifard m, ghazavi y. prevalence of epileptiform discharges in children with sensori-neural hearing loss and behavioral problems compared to their normal hearing peers. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):29-33. objective overactivity and behavioral problems are common p...

BACKGROUND: It is has been proposed that the neurocognitive basis of Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) resides in the executive control functions (ECF). One aspect of the study of ECF in ADHD individuals that has received little attention, however, is the evolution of ECF with maturation. METHOD: A naturalistic, cross-sectional study of ADHD patients compared to normal controls on ...