Monday, December 15, 2008

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder sometimes inaccurately referred to as ADD (there is no clinical term by this name) is a disorder usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood or adolescence. There are 4 recognized types of ADHD.They are:-1) Predominantly Inattentive type, 2) Predominantly Hyper Active-Impulsive type, 3) Combined type and 4) ADHD.There is a high level of correlation with children with ADHD and other psychiatric illnesses. This includes illness ranging from behavioral, mood, family, anxiety, cognitive, social to school functioning, with the greatest increase in those with ADHD-combines subtype

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