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Attention Deficit Disorder Childs Behavior
1,049 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder otherwise known as ADD is a condition that refers to an individuals inability to control their own behavior or impulse (McEwan 70). This can begin in early childhood and interfere with childrens ability to do well in school and social situations. These patients also have troubles blocking out noise or other stimuli in order to focus on a task or what is being said. ADD is a chronic problem that can be seen as early as infancy and can extend to adulthood. There are two ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder School Age Children
961 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder is the most common psychiatric disorder among children. This disorder affects three to five percent of all school age children, mostly boys (Dreher). Diagnosis of this disorder is not an easy task, but it has been made easier due to symptoms specific to this disorder. Once diagnosed properly, attention deficit disorder can be treated with medications and behavioral therapy. The causes of attention deficit disorder are not easily pinpointed. Not until recently have rese...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,253 wordsAre We Paying Attention or is Ritalin Mothers Little Helper Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are increasingly being discussed interchangeably. It has captured the attention of researchers everywhere. With this disorder there exist prevailing evaluations, and positive reinforcements, behavior modifications which impact children with special needs. Often times, behavior is associated with learning, for example, out of seat behavior and hyperactiv...
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Side Effects School Hours
1,267 words... symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, it has been shown in numerous studies that stimulant medication provides significant benefits to between 70 and 80 % of children with ADHD. The most commonly prescribed medication used to treat ADHD is Ritalin (the generic form is called methylphenidate), although numerous other medications are also used. (Ingersoll, Goldstein, pg. 88) It is not known exactly how the medication works, but available evidence suggests that it works by co...
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Hours Of Sleep Sleep Deprivation
1,911 wordsTeenagers grow more and more busy by the minute. Unfortunately, this means less and less sleep. Sleep deprivation can cause many serious negative side effects to teenagers already harried lives. These side effects can range from such common problems as sleepiness during the day to more serious problems such as headaches, to the most extreme effect of all death. Misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, sleep deprivation is one of the hardest disorders to detect. Truthfully, the only way to correct it is by a...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,286 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a problem that affects 5 % to 10 % of all children. ADD affect more children than any other childhood problems except asthma. It is estimated to be the largest single cause for first referrals to child guidance clinics throughout the country, making up as many as 40 % of those cases. Many ADD cases are not diagnosed because the problem most often does not show in the doctors office. Current estimates suggest that approximately 50 to 65 % of the children with A...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Frontal Lobes
1,231 words... n of responsibility for keeping the household running smoothly and meeting the needs of the children, the spouse with ADD, and, if he or she has time, his or her own priorities. Raising a child who has ADD can be an exhausting and, at times, frustrating experience. Parents play a key role in managing the disability. They usually need specialized training in behavior management and benefit greatly from parent support groups. Parents often find that approaches to raising that work well with ch...
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Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder
1,471 wordsChildhood Onset Bipolar Disorder (COBPD) is one of the most debilitating mental disorders affecting children today. Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder usually affecting adults that causes sometimes severe changes in mood. Childhood Onset Bipolar disorder is just what it sounds like, a bipolar disorder that occurs during childhood. Persons suffering from a bipolar disorder experience mood swings ranging from depression to mania. During a depressive episode patients can experience feelings of ext...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,524 wordsLiving with Tourette syndrome gives a deeper insight to the highly misunderstood and understated disease, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The book delves into the origin of the disease, the symptoms, the medications, and the treatments. Then the author gives thoughtful advice, a guide, so to speak, for parents, relatives, loved ones, and sufferers of Tourette. The author Elaine Fate Shimberg, is the mother of three children with Tourette Syndrome and a board member of the Tourette Association. S...
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American Psychiatric Association Tourette Syndrome
1,599 words... disorder. 40 to 60 % of children with ADHD grow up to have symptoms as adults. (Shimberg, 1995, p. 62) More than 10 million Americans are thought to have ADHD. 2 out of every 3 children with Tourette syndrome also complain of tactile sensitivity. This is called sensory integrative disorder, and is not uncommon in TS, although tactile sensitivity is found in those who do not duffer from TS. Sensory integration disorder is characterized by hypersensitivity of the senses. It can be misinterpret...
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Felt Like I Had Accomplished Run Out Of Breath Lot
901 wordsWhen Mrs. Fallon first described this project to us, I was a little bit skeptical about it. I kept thinking that I had no problems in my life and that I didnt need any type of conditioning. But then I thought, Im definitely not perfect and I knew I was definitely overlooking something. Recently I was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) and I felt like I was cheated out of so many years that could have been productive ones. So I decided that for my conditioning project I ...
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Behavioral Therapy Behavior Patterns
455 wordsTreating ADHD with Ritalin is a way to ignore the situations and factors that may exacerbate the symptoms of the disorder. Parents need to take some responsibility for their childrens disorders and seek treatments besides Ritalin. Physicians should recommend a program that combines chemical and behavioral treatments to assist children in working through their disorder. It seems that Ritalin may be over prescribed in our country, with an estimated 2 million children taking Ritalin (Breggin, 1995)...
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Tourette Syndrome Obsessive Compulsive
1,795 words... y, these rages occur in TS children who appear well-adjusted individuals. The etiology of the apparently high rates of anxiety, depression, and other emotional difficulties found in individuals with TS remains unexplained. These are likely the products of the interplay between biological vulnerabilities and experiential factors. Frequently, children and adolescents with TS are teased by their peers. They are often regarded as less likeable and more withdrawn than are their classmates. If a c...
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Million Children Long Term
698 wordsRitalin is a drug that many of us have probably heard of. It is a drug prescribed to students with ADHD. Is a drug whose use is very beneficial for our children, or is it a drug that should be cautiously prescribed and saved for only the worse ADHD? I feel that people should use more caution in the prescription of Ritalin. The term ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Its characteristics are people whose minds are often wondering, focusing on many different things at once. ADH...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Cerebral Cortex
2,626 wordsADD. Your child has ADD. Such diagnosis appears more and more often during the last 25 years. What is ADD? How does it affect brain? What are the ways to cope with it? In accordance with recent researches, 17 million people in the United States of America have Attention Deficit Disorder. 10 - 20 % of children in every school suffer from ADD. Teachers usually dont like such children and state they dont have learning skills. According to Daniel G. Amen, M. D (using controversial SPECT brain scans)...
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Child And Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy Of Child
1,280 wordsPsychological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence Child maltreatment causes number of behavioral and emotional disorders that greatly influences the development of personality of a person. Numerous studies conducted at schools (sometimes in colleges in many cases it is hard for a person with serious psychological disorders to enter it) suggest that especially these types of disorders are responsible for development of antisocial behavior by an individual or create problems with education. Chi...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Common Side Effects
1,560 wordsWhat if you tried really hard at accomplishing a task and no matter how hard you tried, you just could not finish what you started. That would be pretty frustrating, right? Well surprisingly enough this is a common feeling for four to nine percent of Americans. This feeling is caused by a disorder called Attention Deficit Disorder or more commonly known as ADD. Most everyone has heard of ADD but most people really don t know what it is or even what it stands for, and when most people think of AD...
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Behavioral Disorders Attention Deficit
1,676 wordsIs Ritalin Over Prescribed? Imagine for a moment that you are nine years old again. You are sitting in your third grade classroom trying as hard as you can to listen to your teacher, but you just cant. The heater is making this clicking sound that wont stop and the class hamster is running all over his cage. Further more, there is a light in the corner that keeps blinking like it is going to go out at anytime. It seems like your teacher has been talking forever and you just cant stand still. All...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,465 wordsThis study will be dealing with the delinquent behaviours, of antisocial persons, otherwise know as psychopaths, or more recently sociopaths. The study will be discussing their typical behaviours, then go on to give reasons why they might occur. Psychologists have studied criminals classified as psychopaths. These people are aggressive, highly impulsive, antisocial persons who appear to have little or no concern for societies values. Generally, antisocial behaviour does not appear in adult hood ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Psychiatric Disorders
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