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ADHD, however, is not considered a learning disability, but it very frequently causes academic difficulties. [80] Intellectual disabilities [5]: 75 and Tourette's syndrome [79] are also common. ADHD is often comorbid with disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorders.
Large, high quality research has found small differences in the brain between ADHD and non-ADHD patients. [1] [15] Jonathan Leo and David Cohen, critics who reject the characterization of ADHD as a disorder, contended in 2003 and 2004 that the controls for stimulant medication usage were inadequate in some lobar volumetric studies, which makes it impossible to determine whether ADHD itself or ...
Brain volume has been linked to Parkinson’s disease and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ... particularly stress and anxiety. ... a subcortical brain structure that would cause ...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by executive dysfunction occasioning symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and emotional dysregulation that are excessive and pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and developmentally-inappropriate. [3] [9] [10] [11]
ADHD medication tied to 19% lower death risk. An observational study conducted in Sweden, whose results appeared in JAMA in March 2024, further emphasized the positive impact of ADHD medication on ...
ADHD controversies include concerns about its existence as a disorder, its causes, the methods by which ADHD is diagnosed and treated including the use of stimulant medications in children, possible overdiagnosis, misdiagnosis as ADHD leading to undertreatment of the real underlying disease, alleged hegemonic practices of the American ...
Although Weikard mainly described a single disorder of attention resembling the combined presentation of ADHD, Crichton postulates an additional attention disorder, described as a "morbid diminution of its power or energy", and further explores possible "corporeal" and "mental" causes for the disorder (including "irregularities in diet ...
Pelham’s team looked at more than 170 children ages 7 to 12 with ADHD who were participating in the FIU center’s summer treatment program, an eight-week camp for children with ADHD and related ...