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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) [1] is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and developmentally inappropriate. [9]
Children with ADHD often feel misunderstood, judged or shamed but with support, they can thrive. "Kids with ADHD would like to do well and they can with the right resources," Saline tells TODAY ...
Content creators Kim and Penn Holderness, who soared to internet fame in 2013 with their "Xmas Jammies" video, are on a mission to change the way people think about attention deficit hyperactivity ...
A survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2011–2012 found 11% of children between the ages of 4 and 17 were reported to have ever received a health care provider diagnosis of ADHD at some point (15% of boys and 7% of girls), [166] a 16% increase since 2007 and a 41% increase over the last decade. [167]
Conversely, ADHD may more adversely affect productivity which represents the amount of work done in a particular time interval. Children with CDS seem to have more difficulty with consistently remembering things that were previously learned and make more mistakes on memory retrieval tests than do children with ADHD.
The famous socialite and businesswoman kicked off her new memoir, "Paris: The Memoir," talking candidly about ADHD.From the opening page and at least 45 times throughout the book, she talks about ...
Take Your Pills is an hour-long American documentary from 2018, directed by Alison Klayman and produced by Motto Pictures and Netflix Studios. The documentary explores the positives and negatives of taking psychostimulant medications such as Adderall.
According to Genevieve Koski, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Sean O'Neal, Kyle Ryan, and Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club, the '90s saw a "dramatic increase" in diagnoses of behavioral disorders, such as ADHD, in children, and debates over whether or not to medicate children with concentration difficulties were heated.