Hyperactivity

A lot of us try to thrive in life making an attempt to cover our depression. Some individuals with hidden depression will conceal their depression like professionals, masking their symptoms and putting on a “happy face” for many others. People with hidden depression typically don’t wish to acknowledge the severity of their depressive feelings. They believe that if they only continue living their life, the Great Depression can simply escape on its own, for a few cases, this might work, except…

Darnell is a 5th grade student with a learning disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He has an issue with impulsive and inattentive behaviors that often get him in trouble in the classroom. Darnell has been suspended 26 times for about a combination of 30 days. He was told that he would still be provided services through in home tutoring during his suspension, but during his latest suspension he had only received services once so far. In his latest instance, he was thought…

trouble learning, focusing, and reacting. For children and teens, these effects can develop into attention deficits which can make them inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive (Smith, Robinson & Segal, 2016). “The main symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder […] are also symptoms of sleep deficiency” (Tasdelen, Karakaya, Kahraman & Oztop , 2015). Typically, children and teens who do not get enough sleep and suffer from ADHD struggle in school and simple tasks that require their…

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Treatments of ADHD Imagine a student in first grade who is always talking to another student and is always somewhere around their chair, but never in it. Imagine this student getting a note sent home for their poor behavior in class stating that they should be checked for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Now imagine their parent getting the note, going to the doctor and being told that their child has been diagnosed with ADHD. This parent now has…

Just as every child with ODD is unique, no two cases of ODD are exactly alike. There are some variations of the disorder, however, that are more common and have become easily recognizable. For example, there are two sub-disorders within ODD: Childhood-Onset and Adolescent-Onset (Wicks-Nelson and Israel 229). The meanings behind the names are just like they sound; one type occurs during the patient’s childhood, around preschool age, and the other occurs during adolescence. There are also many…

treatment centers provide care and rehabilitation for the whole child, not just the juvenile behavior. RTC’S provide treatment for issues such as; Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Depression, Bipolar disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Residential treatment centers also provide structure for educational issues, some personality disorders and phase of life issues, as well as drug and alcohol abuse counseling. Residents seem to responds better to the one-on-one…

As behavioral disorders like ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) become more popularly diagnosed in children it’s no surprise that there have been more children prescribed psychiatric medication like Ritalin. According to the CDC (Center of Disease Control) there are currently 5.9 million children that have been diagnosed with ADHD(1), of these 9.5 million children two-thirds of them are taking Ritalin or medications similar to it(1). Although Ritalin and similar medications can be…

Disorder treatments that do not include a prescription. It has be found that it is difficult for a patient who is being treated medically to come off their medication without a small bit of detox. These symptoms include rowdiness, exaggerated hyperactivity, moodiness and sometimes even violence. Once fully detoxed from all medication the patient can begin a more homeopathic approach to treating their neuropathic disorder. The first step would be to make lifestyle changes which include: having…

Schoolkids in Handcuffs. The Editorial Board published “Schoolkids In Handcuffs” which focuses on the recent issues with school officers overstepping the boundaries in punishing students. The video shows a police officer throwing a student across a room due to misbehaving. In a related video, two children were handcuffed due to a failure of following directions because of health problems. Both of those stories display what’s been happening for decades. The articles also point “The violent…

Technology and Attention Spans The use of technology has been precipitately increasing in recent years. The digital world has a way of including itself in relatively every aspect of life nowadays. The proficiency technology provides in the modern world has created many conveniences in everyday life. "The Digital Revolution started booming in the later 20th century and has been flourishing ever since" (Schoenherr). However, as technology has developed, users seem to be more reliant on it than…