According to the DSM-5 manual (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), the diagnosis criterion for ADHD include inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness (“ADHD Educational Institute,” n.d.). Hinshaw and Arnold (2015) outline the negative impacts that ADHD can have on an individual.…
In the 1970s 1% of the American school children between the age of 4-17 were thought to have ADHD (Daniel F). Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had researchers find that in 2013, 11% of children 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD (Alice Park). There are three different subtypes of ADHD that are treated by a drug therapy. The three different types are: predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type is hyperactivity and impulsivity behavior and doesn’t involve the inattentiveness. Predominantly inattentive type is an inattentive behavior and wouldn’t include hyperactivity or impulsivity.…
Unit 2 Clinical Journal Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the familiar developmental and childhood disorders learned in this unit. As a neurological-psychiatric disorder, ADHD is manifested by a continual display of reduced attention and/or intensified hyperactivity or impulsivity that interferes with the performance of the daily activities of people across the life span. Even though, reduce attention, intensified hyperactivity and impulsivity are the main attributes of ADHD, some patients may have difficulty with one of the behaviors. However, some people may have issues with inattentiveness and distractibility unlike the patients with ADHD; these conducts occur more often with increased severity, thereby changing the way they function in school, job and the community at large (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2014).…
Richard Restak and Alexandra Samuel analyze the aspect of technology in our lives. Restak disputes in his article “Attention Deficit” that the stress to quickly process information and promptly alter our attention from one activity to another is resulting in “a devaluation of the depth and views technology as a mechanism of addressing the challenges of modern life, and offers strategies for using technology to achieve a more apprehensive and a carried out existence. Restak mainly views technology as purely negative, while Samuel addresses the optimistic outlook as far as the benefits to society. Technology isn’t the issue, it’s how we use the technology that is given to us.…
What is the oldest age one can be to be a diagnosis? What if everyone had ADHD? How is the intensity of ADHD measured?…
The classification of the current subtypes of ADHD were discussed and analyzed in each of the above articles. The subtypes discussed were ADHD – Predominantly Hyperactivity-Impulsivity, ADHD – Predominately Inattentive and ADHD – Combined. The argument was made to make ADHD – Inattentive, its own distinct disorder and unrelated to ADHD. The articles discuss at length, distinctions between ADHD – Predominately Inattentive and ADHD - Combined.…
Experts previously thought that most children “grow out” of ADHD. However, recent evidence suggests that as many as 70 percent of adolescents (Sibley & others, 2012) and 66 percent of adults (Buitelaar, Karr, & Asherton, 2010) who were diagnosed as children continue to experience ADHD symptoms (Santrock, John W. 331). Many studies have shown different causes of ADHD, such as, if a close relative has/had it, the food you eat (food coloring), and imbalances in the brain. Numerous studies have shown that a large proportion of children with ADHD persist to have symptoms in adolescence and adulthood, to impaired in everyday life and to have and increased risk of a number of difficulties as adults (problems with substance use, social disadvantages, and criminality) (Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry S45). The fifth revision of the DSM, it has been a…
ADHD occurs in 3-7% of the childhood population in America. It is mostly diagnosed by the age of seven, however, signs of ADHD can begin to appear by ages 3-5 or preschool age. Milch (2001) discussed the groups of ADHD, ADHD/ HI predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type, ADHD/ I or the inattentive…
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) in order to diagnose a child with ADD the child must present with six or more of the nine possible attention span symptoms/criteria listed below. The symptoms should be apparent for more than six months and occur in more than two settings such as at home and at school. Children should be diagnosed between ages 6-12 years old. Some children may exhibit some of the listed symptoms, but may not have ADD. For this reason, a diagnosis for ADD should be completed by a licensed physician and not by school personnel.…
ADHD or a kid being a kid? Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, has become a commonly diagnosed disorder in children today. The three signs of ADHD are inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive behavior. These three signs can be commonly detected in any child; therefore, one must be able to distinguish if there is an actual cause for concern or if it’s just a child being a child.…
For example periods of sadness should not be diagnosed as Major depressive episodes unless criteria for severity and duration has been met, and has clinical distress or impairment (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In Attention- deficit disorder/ hyperactivity clinicians must be careful not to over diagnose the client. In attention deficit/ hyperactivity and major depressive disorders Distractibility and low frustration tolerance can occur (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Finally, under manic episodes with irritable mood or mixed episode, the differential diagnosis requires a “careful evaluation of the presence of manic symptoms” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013,…
Being diagnosed with ADHD, a child must have symptoms for six or more months, at a higher degree than most children of the same age. Key behaviors of ADHD include impulsivity,…
In "Attention Deficit: the Brain Syndrome of Our Era" Richard Restak examines the brain 's ability to multitask and the consequences of multitasking. Restak states that our brains respond to all the technology around us such as television, movies, cell phones, e-mail, and the Internet. He claims that our brains are changing its organization and functions because of the modern world such as technology. The changes of the brain can be considered as both good and bad, but considering the future, I think the changes of the brain would not be for the better.…
“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ”- Vincent Van Gogh this is a great description of managing impulsivity Managing impulsivity is thinking before you act or respond to something. Managing impulsivity is a quality we use or should start using every single day of our life.…
The three subtypes are inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Victims may be inattentive and not hyperactive or impulsive, hyperactive and impulsive but not inattentive, or a combo of all three inattentive, impulsive, and hyperactive. Signs normally appear in victims before the age of seven. Signs of inattentiveness are they don 't pay attention to detail, makes careless mistakes, has trouble staying focused, seems not to listen when spoken to, has difficulty remembering things, has trouble staying organized, planning ahead, finishing projects, gets bored with a task before they finish it, constantly loses important things like homework, books, toys, and other things (Smith, Robinson, and Segal), low grades, procrastination, avoids normal tasks, and has a "narrator" constantly talking and narrating things (Worthley…