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Health Encyclopedia: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Complications
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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
ADHD and Sleep Problems: New Study on Children
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health ExpertIf you have a child with ADHD, chances are that getting him to sleep is one of the biggest... Read more »
Brains Develop Slower in Children with ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertChildren with ADHD experience up to a three year delay in brain development, especially in the... Read more »
10 ADHD Myths
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert...to support, educate and counsel those touched by ADHD, we in the field have made some ground in... Read more »
Parenting Checklist: What to Do When Your Child is Diagnosed with ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertWhether you think your child might have ADHD, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD or you have... Read more »
Adults with ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertWhat are some of the common symptoms of ADHD in adults? Most information is written on... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »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: 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 »Parenting When Both Parent and Child Have ADHD
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Or, in more scientific terms, we can say that since ADHD is highly genetic: there’s a pretty good chance that a parent with ADHD will have a child with... Read more »Causes of ADHD
...imaging techniques shows there is a difference in the size of certain parts of the brain in children with ADHD compared to children who do not have ADHD. The areas showing change include:The... 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
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 »
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Leads to Behavioral Problems
August 03, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have significantly weakened social cognition and emotion-processing... 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 »
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 »
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