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Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the persistence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder, meaning impairing symptoms must have been present in childhood, except for when ADHD occurs after traumatic brain injury.
Around 15% of children with ADHD continue to meet full DSM-IV-TR criteria at 25 years of age, and 50% still experience some symptoms. [57]: 2 As of 2010, most adults remain untreated. [227] Many adults with ADHD without diagnosis and treatment have a disorganised life, and some use non-prescribed drugs or alcohol as a coping mechanism. [228]
Cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) is a syndrome characterized by developmentally inappropriate, impairing, and persistent levels of decoupled attentional processing from the ongoing external context and resultant hypoactivity.
Busy Philipps says she felt bad about herself for forgetting things — then she was diagnosed with ADHD at age 39. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for The ...
Hallowell has been treating people of all ages with ADHD since 1981, and has stated that he has dyslexia [6] and ADHD, [7] which is self-diagnosed. [8] His approach to the condition uses a strength-based model—developed with Driven to Distraction co-author Dr. John Ratey—that is based on the tenets of positive psychology and takes a more holistic view of ADHD, rather than seeing it purely ...
Absent-mindedness is a mental state wherein a person is forgetfully inattentive. [1] It is the opposite mental state of mindfulness.. Absent-mindedness is often caused by things such as boredom, sleepiness, rumination, distraction, or preoccupation with one's own internal monologue.
When I started dating my future husband, I was seven years sober. But I struggled when he ordered cocktails at dinner. Open communication helped.
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