I believe that Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a real disorder; wouldn’t it have to exist in some degree to affect as many people as it does. Over 2 million children in the US have sought out help and been treated for this disorder. In classrooms all over the country students struggle with inattention and hyperactivity that affects their social relationships and schoolwork. The constant debate as to whether this disorder exists, to the extent that it does, has been viewed and argued from many angles; I’m going to tell you why I believe that ADHD is a real disorder.
When discussing ADHD I feel strongly that, although there are many arguments that prove otherwise, this disorder is very much real. My entire life I have struggled …show more content…
There have been countless arguments to both sides of this issue. Whether or not this disorder is real, I feel that the evidence suggests that there is something going on and it’s affecting so many people’s lives.
What is the definition of a mental disorder? It’s a condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization to personality, mind, and emotions that can impair the normal psychological functioning of an individual. If so then I can’t seem to find a better candidate than ADHD. ADHD, like mental disorders, affects people’s personalities, mind and emotions by making inappropriately impulsive decisions and having emotional difficulties such as a sense of underachievement and trouble staying motivated. If ADHD, by definition, has three of the symptoms as a disorder then wouldn’t that make ADHD a …show more content…
Neurobiology and genetics are thought to be causes of this disorder. The frontal lobes and the cerebrum are the two areas of the brain that are being studied for this disorder. The ability to understand this disorder through the processes of the brain helps scientists to potentially find a cause. There is evidence to suggest that ADHD comes from the Frontal lobes and Cerebrum. If that is so then the research in the next couple of years should prove exactly what causes this disorder and how we can go about curing it. Although it has been said to be largely a genetic
When discussing ADHD I feel strongly that, although there are many arguments that prove otherwise, this disorder is very much real. My entire life I have struggled …show more content…
There have been countless arguments to both sides of this issue. Whether or not this disorder is real, I feel that the evidence suggests that there is something going on and it’s affecting so many people’s lives.
What is the definition of a mental disorder? It’s a condition marked primarily by sufficient disorganization to personality, mind, and emotions that can impair the normal psychological functioning of an individual. If so then I can’t seem to find a better candidate than ADHD. ADHD, like mental disorders, affects people’s personalities, mind and emotions by making inappropriately impulsive decisions and having emotional difficulties such as a sense of underachievement and trouble staying motivated. If ADHD, by definition, has three of the symptoms as a disorder then wouldn’t that make ADHD a …show more content…
Neurobiology and genetics are thought to be causes of this disorder. The frontal lobes and the cerebrum are the two areas of the brain that are being studied for this disorder. The ability to understand this disorder through the processes of the brain helps scientists to potentially find a cause. There is evidence to suggest that ADHD comes from the Frontal lobes and Cerebrum. If that is so then the research in the next couple of years should prove exactly what causes this disorder and how we can go about curing it. Although it has been said to be largely a genetic