Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADHD is a psychiatric disorder usually diagnosed during childhood. Children with ADHD are often hyperactive (overactive) and have difficulty paying attention and staying focused on tasks. They may interrupt other people's conversations or be impulsive and impatient. ADHD symptoms can cause problems at home and at school, and often will last into adulthood. When taking this medication you can take it as a stimulant or a non-stimulant. Many people are wondering will medication help students…

schizoaffective disorder struggle with their environment, social skills, and more specifically their education. Boyd (2008) stated, that SD is a “complex psychiatric condition, which presents in individuals with combinations of schizophrenia symptoms (hallucinations or delusions) and mood disorder symptoms (depression or mania).” The combination of these symptoms signifies difficulty in conceptualizing, diagnosing, and treatment. Additionally, environmental contributions are minimal for this…

But this raises the question: Why do drugs that acutely increase attention and concentration produce so little long-term intellectual benefit?” (Advocat 2) The article unfortunately does not see the short-term usefulness of their findings. From that approach their findings also support theories that in fact psychostimulants…

Many people have suggested improvements that American could make to its education system. In chapter 6 of her book, A Disease Called Childhood, Marilyn Wedge addresses this issue from the perspective of a child psychologist writing about the spread of ADHD in America. Her book’s overall thesis is that ADHD has gained prevalence in the United States because of our negative societal views of hyperactive children. In chapter 6, Wedge describes how the American education system has contributed to…

Part 1 Participant The target participant, a nine-year old boy, pseudonym AL, who has been diagnosed with ADHD, has been established as the focus for the Functional Behavior Assessment study. After receiving consent from the parent, it was determined that AL received the diagnosis of ADHD when he was six-years of age. AL attends third grade at an elementary located within his district. AL’s behaviors, like inattentiveness and impulsiveness, have negatively affected his interactions with peers…

Between Child Impulsivity and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms, Lanza and Drabick did a study about the relation between a child with ODD and the family's involvement. The purpose of their study was to examine whether child-reported family routine moderated the relationship between child impulsivity and ODD symptoms among low-income, urban, ethnic-minority girls, and boys. In this study, it is expected that children with higher levels of hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms would show higher…

It’s very important that we try to understand a student’s behavior rather than place labels such as ADD/ADHD. According to our text, students don’t develop an attention span until they are 4 years old. Still at that point, students are still individuals who are greatly impacted by their environment. We need to take in account typical child development patterns, as well as individual differences between children. My placement is with 2-3 year olds. No teachers have made statements to be about a…

Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a well-established screening measure for children ages 4-18, which can be used to predict diagnoses of complex ADHD. The CBCL has the potential to predict certain comorbidities (e.g. disruptive behavior, mood disorders and anxiety disorders) in adolescents with ADHD. (Biederman et al. 2005) The Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) assess adolescent behavior based on parental observations. (Begum et al. 2010) The Early Childhood Behavior Problem…

behaviors. All symptoms are according to DSM-5 (2013), if the symptoms interrupt daily activity for at least 6 months, the person may be dealing with ADHD and minimum of five designated symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity…

Outtline Title: An Overmedicated Society Thesis: Children are being overmedicated with stimulants as a supposed treatment for ADHD. I. Intro: A. Introduction: A review about the when was ADHD diagnosis defined, consecuetly the use of stimulants to threat it is also revised. B. Thesis: Children are being overmedicated with stimulants as a supposed treatment for ADHD. II. What are the physiological and psychological consequences of overmedication? A. The development of the brain is altered when…