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Complications
Emotional Disorders
More than half of children with attention-deficit disorder have accompanying disorders, including anxiety, depression, and conduct disorders. Children with ADHD who experience anxiety or depression are also more likely to suffer from low self-esteem.
Social Problems
Anti-Social Behavior. Even if these emotional disorders are absent in childhood, the ADHD child's relationship with others is volatile, and he or she is often unhappy from a very young age. Research indi...
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Expert & Community Posts
Can the Increase in ADHD Diagnosis Be Explained?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...for Disease Control and Prevention "Myths and Facts About ADHD", Last Reviewed 2007, Feb 19,... Read more »
Can the Increase in ADHD Diagnosis Be Explained?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...for Disease Control and Prevention "Myths and Facts About ADHD", Last Reviewed 2007, Feb 19,... Read more »
ADHD Around the World
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...Association of South Australia includes a statement in facts about ADHD: "The 'controversy' of... Read more »
Expert Terry Matlen's ADHD Diagnosis
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert...with me all these years. Therapy taught me the facts about ADHD- that there's a strong... Read more »
Feeling More Than Overwhelmed...
By ADDA , Health Expert...and AD/HDThe Adrenaline Rush Let-downWhy ADDA - and ADHD awareness- are important (a... Read more »
Health Guide
Is ADHD Overdiagnosed?
...it is when the American Psychiatric Association adopted the name that is currently used. Symptoms of ADHD, such as hyperactivity, have been documented in medical science since the mid 1800s. Prior... Read more »Diagnosis of ADHD
...of Pediatrics issued its first guidelines for diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children in 2002. They include:Children between ages 6 - 12 should first be evaluated... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Risk Factors
In the U.S., the number of diagnosed cases of ADHD in children increased from 1990 to 1996, from nearly 950,000 to over 2.4 million. As of 2004, about 4.5 million children between the... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Treatment
...(Ritalin), and cognitive-behavioral therapy is proving to be the best option for treatment of children with ADHD.In 1999, a large study compared medication, behavior therapy, a combination of... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Behavioral Management
Behavioral ManagementBehavioral techniques for managing the child with ADHD are not intuitive for most parents and teachers. To learn them, caregivers may need help from qualified health care... Read more »Images
Medications
...disorder (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-ADHD) in children older than 6 years. It is... Read more »
...disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »
...control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It may help to increase the ability to... Read more »
...to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan,... Read more »
...disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »
Related News
Diet Makes an Impact on ADHD
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- No parent wants her child taking a daily dose of drugs. But drugs are all many parents of kids with ADD or... Read summary »
ADHD Children at Risk for Alcohol Problems
May 18, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may face problems with alcohol as they get older. Two new studies... Read summary »
ADHD Damages Workplace Efficiency
June 05, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Workers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do 22 days less work per year than those without the disorder. As... Read summary »
Video Games for ADHD
May 05, 2008SAN JOSE, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- As much as 6 percent of the American population has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a... Read summary »
Heart Tests for Kids With ADHD
April 28, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with an undetected heart condition may be at risk of sudden cardiac death if they take stimulant medications. Now, new... Read summary »
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