ADHD: Managing the Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Disorder Paper: ADHD
PSYCH 575
November 5, 2012
Dr. Rex Philpot PhD.
ADHD
During, childhood one of the most common neuropsychological and behavioral disorders affecting behaviors emerges in children and adults pertains to ADHD (Psychiatric Association, 1994, pp. 64-65). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder disrupts the process of learning in children as well as others in the classroom, home, and the workplace. Often, children demonstrating these behaviors are impetuous and reckless thereby disruptive in activities at home, school, and play whereby hindering the child’s or adult’s abilities to learn. This paper will provide an explication of ADHD and the common symptoms along with the rates of managing, and reducing the symptoms implemented in three treatments in methods selected in treating the disorder. Furthermore, an analysis will explicate the neurophysiological underpinnings, and contemporary attitudes of the selected interventions video games, family therapy, and Ritalin.
Symptoms of ADHD
The common symptoms of ADHD involve hyperactivity, short attention spans, along with impulsivity along with other mild symptoms perceived to develop from multiple causes (Carlson, 2012). Determining the pressure of ADHD the DSM-IV infers that approximately six to nine symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity as well as impulsivity must persist more than six months in diagnosing the disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
The neurophysiological underpinnings of ADHD
Experts have not discovered the cause of ADHD “however,” individuals enduring the symptoms of the disorder incur a decrease in activities that controls the aspects of the level of attention within the brain (Mayo Clinic, 2011). Even though, the aspects of ADHD emerges within families but the cause and gene factor are not known (Mayo Clinic, 2011). Studies indicate that during pregnancy mothers who indulge in recreational drugs, alcohol, or smoke poses the risk of the aspects of
PSYCH 575
November 5, 2012
Dr. Rex Philpot PhD.
ADHD
During, childhood one of the most common neuropsychological and behavioral disorders affecting behaviors emerges in children and adults pertains to ADHD (Psychiatric Association, 1994, pp. 64-65). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder disrupts the process of learning in children as well as others in the classroom, home, and the workplace. Often, children demonstrating these behaviors are impetuous and reckless thereby disruptive in activities at home, school, and play whereby hindering the child’s or adult’s abilities to learn. This paper will provide an explication of ADHD and the common symptoms along with the rates of managing, and reducing the symptoms implemented in three treatments in methods selected in treating the disorder. Furthermore, an analysis will explicate the neurophysiological underpinnings, and contemporary attitudes of the selected interventions video games, family therapy, and Ritalin.
Symptoms of ADHD
The common symptoms of ADHD involve hyperactivity, short attention spans, along with impulsivity along with other mild symptoms perceived to develop from multiple causes (Carlson, 2012). Determining the pressure of ADHD the DSM-IV infers that approximately six to nine symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity as well as impulsivity must persist more than six months in diagnosing the disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).
The neurophysiological underpinnings of ADHD
Experts have not discovered the cause of ADHD “however,” individuals enduring the symptoms of the disorder incur a decrease in activities that controls the aspects of the level of attention within the brain (Mayo Clinic, 2011). Even though, the aspects of ADHD emerges within families but the cause and gene factor are not known (Mayo Clinic, 2011). Studies indicate that during pregnancy mothers who indulge in recreational drugs, alcohol, or smoke poses the risk of the aspects of