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Child And Adolescent Psychiatry American Academy Of Child
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,253 wordsAre We Paying Attention or is Ritalin Mothers Little Helper Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are increasingly being discussed interchangeably. It has captured the attention of researchers everywhere. With this disorder there exist prevailing evaluations, and positive reinforcements, behavior modifications which impact children with special needs. Often times, behavior is associated with learning, for example, out of seat behavior and hyperactiv...
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Side Effects School Hours
1,267 words... symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, it has been shown in numerous studies that stimulant medication provides significant benefits to between 70 and 80 % of children with ADHD. The most commonly prescribed medication used to treat ADHD is Ritalin (the generic form is called methylphenidate), although numerous other medications are also used. (Ingersoll, Goldstein, pg. 88) It is not known exactly how the medication works, but available evidence suggests that it works by co...
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Drugs In The Work Place
561 wordsDrug Addiction in the School and Work Place How has work efficiency changed as a result of drug addiction in the sch a cool and work place? In the 1960 and 1970 's, men and women worked long hours to support their family. For many, these strenuous hours were hard to handle without taking drugs. The use of "uppers" and "downers" was then considered a way to tolerate those long work hours. To this date, the concern of drugs being used for work efficiency persists among adults who work long late ho...
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Should Stimulants Be Prescribed For Adhd Children
739 wordsIn this day and age, drugs are being prescribed without hesitation. In fact, many of these drugs are being prescribed for children with various disorders. One of these disorders is called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). An estimated five to ten percent of children are diagnosed with this syndrome (Taylor 11). One of the methods to treat this disorder is to use stimulants, specifically Ritalin. This method is controversial because it has many side effects and its long-term effect...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Understanding This
1,344 wordsThere are at least two million children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the United States (Moragne 24). All around us, ADHD causes clever children and adults to under function at school or work. ADHD needs to be taken seriously. People need to be aware of what ADHD is, what some of the characteristics and symptoms are, what some of the probable causes are, and some ways it can be treated. ADHD is one of the most common childhood behaviors. The prognosis fo...
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Year Old Boy Disorder Adhd
1,605 wordsAlthough American culture has changed over the years, parents today still want what is best for their children. Why then, are parents allowing their children to be put on medications that may have an adverse effect on their children? Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) have increasingly been diagnosed among young children today. Parents should become more informed about the over diagnosing, side effects, results of the medication and all other perti...
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Behavioral Therapy Behavior Patterns
455 wordsTreating ADHD with Ritalin is a way to ignore the situations and factors that may exacerbate the symptoms of the disorder. Parents need to take some responsibility for their childrens disorders and seek treatments besides Ritalin. Physicians should recommend a program that combines chemical and behavioral treatments to assist children in working through their disorder. It seems that Ritalin may be over prescribed in our country, with an estimated 2 million children taking Ritalin (Breggin, 1995)...
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Inside The Mind And Music Of Kurt Cobain
1,410 wordsPeace, love, and empathy, were strangely enough the last words written on the late Kurt Cobain's suicide note before pointed his six pound. 20 gauge Remington shotgun into his mouth and pulled the trigger. Cobain ended his own life on April 5, 1994 after taking enough heroin to kill three people. The big question is how could a person of such creativity and talent, not to mention fame and fortune, want to end their life? Kurt Cobain was a voice of a generation and has widely been hailed as the J...
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Attention Deficit Root Causes
857 wordsMoving beyond ADD/ADHD is a book that discussed what Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is. It is a condition for which the medication Ritalin is most commonly prescribed. Its diagnosis is based on problems with attention, focus, impulsivity, or over activity at school or home. The book distinguishes the difference between ADD and ADHD according to the American Psychiatric Associations diagnostic and statistical manual, the DSM IV, which is used by insurance comp...
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Million Children Long Term
698 wordsRitalin is a drug that many of us have probably heard of. It is a drug prescribed to students with ADHD. Is a drug whose use is very beneficial for our children, or is it a drug that should be cautiously prescribed and saved for only the worse ADHD? I feel that people should use more caution in the prescription of Ritalin. The term ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Its characteristics are people whose minds are often wondering, focusing on many different things at once. ADH...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
1,516 wordsIS RITALIN OVERPRESCRIBED? Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have received some bad press over the years. Because of lack of accurate information, parents are understandably fearful of side effects. Ritalin has been studied carefully for the last 20 to 30 years. The two most commonly mentioned side effects of Ritalin are loss of appetite and sleep problems. Irritability and weight loss are the next most often reported symptoms. Approximately half of the children in one study who took Ritalin...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
2,409 wordsThere are at least two million children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the United States. All around us, ADHD causes clever children and adults to under function at school or work. ADHD needs to be taken seriously. People need to be aware of what ADHD is, what some of the characteristics and symptoms are, what some of the probable causes are, and some ways it can be treated ADHD is one of the most common childhood behaviors. The prognosis for ADHD can be ...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
2,220 wordsAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Disorders became a topic no what many debates have been carried out during the last 20 years. Attention Deficit Disorder is a mostly used term for the various types of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders. The Diagnostic and Statistical manual of the American Psychiatric Association provides the readers with the definition: ADHD is a disorder that can include a list of nine specific symptoms of inattention and nine symptoms of hyper...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Cerebral Cortex
2,626 wordsADD. Your child has ADD. Such diagnosis appears more and more often during the last 25 years. What is ADD? How does it affect brain? What are the ways to cope with it? In accordance with recent researches, 17 million people in the United States of America have Attention Deficit Disorder. 10 - 20 % of children in every school suffer from ADD. Teachers usually dont like such children and state they dont have learning skills. According to Daniel G. Amen, M. D (using controversial SPECT brain scans)...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Common Side Effects
1,560 wordsWhat if you tried really hard at accomplishing a task and no matter how hard you tried, you just could not finish what you started. That would be pretty frustrating, right? Well surprisingly enough this is a common feeling for four to nine percent of Americans. This feeling is caused by a disorder called Attention Deficit Disorder or more commonly known as ADD. Most everyone has heard of ADD but most people really don t know what it is or even what it stands for, and when most people think of AD...
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Central Nervous System Side Effects
776 wordsIs Ritalin Over Prescribed? (Argumentative Essay) Essay, Is Ritalin Over Prescribed? (Argumentative Essay) Is Ritalin the Answer to AD (H) D? The tousled brown hair that weaves so mischievously around his head may hint at the way he feels inside. He is seven-years-old and has already had to repeat a grade. He has an imagination that puts others to shame, but nothing seems to hold his attention for more than five minutes. He was recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
1,494 wordsIn recent years, more and more kids seem to be on a prescription drug called Ritalin (methylphenidate). This drug is being handed out more and more by doctors as a way of treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a complex neurological impairment that prevents kids from concentrating. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, it rose fron 200 grams per 100, 000 people to over 1400 grams per 100, 000 people in the last fifteen years. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd
1,377 wordsAttention Deficit Disorder Living with Attention Deficit Disorder Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a neurobiological disorder. Recent research shows that the symptoms of ADD are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. (Rebecca Chapman Booth) With ADD there is a flaw in the way the brain manages the neurotransmitter production, storage or flow, causing imbalances. It has been suggested that as many as 80 percent of ADD cases are the result of genetics with the remainder caused by toxins, ...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,641 wordsLearning Disability Women And Attention Deficit Learning Disability Women And Attention Deficit Disorder. What it feels like to have ADD? Imagine living in a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where sounds, images, and thoughts are constantly shifting. Feeling easily bored, yet helpless to keep your mind on tasks you need to complete. Distracted by unimportant sights and sounds, your mind drives you from one thought or activity to the next. Perhaps you are so wrapped up in a collage of thoughts and image...
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