Unit 9 Project – Preventing ADHD Misdiagnoses in Children Lisa Perdue Kaplan University CM220-18 Professor Manning April 3‚ 2012 Preventing ADHD Misdiagnoses in Children “The drugging of children for A.D.H.D. has become an epidemic.” (Breggin‚ 2011‚ Para.1). More than five million children between the ages of 3 and 17 have been diagnosed with ADHD (CDC‚ 2012) and almost three million children have been prescribed stimulant medications to treat this disorder (Breggin‚ 2011). Several studies
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ADHD is an extremely common problem for millions of students today. It is one of the most vastly researched pediatric mental health disorder‚ and controversy over its diagnosis is still very prevalent today. It is a disorder that includes a variety of symptoms including hyperactivity‚ fidgeting‚ excessive talking‚ and impulsivity according to the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders. Many of these symptoms‚ however‚ could easily be observed in any child during
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Medication and Therapy to Treat ADHD: Is This the Best Option? According to the Center for Disease Control’s website “approximately 9.5% or 5.4 million children 4-17 years of age have ever been diagnosed with ADHD‚ as of 2007.” (Division of Human Development‚ N.C.‚ 2011) Most of society has heard of ADHD but may not know what that acronym stands for. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and it is a disorder that causes depression‚ stress‚ familial problems‚ and many other
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educational need: ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common and most distressing disorders amongst school-age children‚ yet it is probably one of the least well understood. It has received a lot of awareness mainly because of the large numbers of children receiving drug treatment for the disorder. Where children have behavioural problems and parents are finding it hard to manage‚ it is expected that they will turn to teachers for guidance and help. ADHD can drastically
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I. What is ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder- a common behavior disorder that affects one in 15-20 school-age children. Boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed with it than girls‚ but there is no clear reason yet why more boys than girls are diagnosed with it. It is broken down into three subtypes: an inattentive type‚ with signs that include: * inability to pay attention to details or a tendency to make careless errors in schoolwork or other activities * difficulty
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Mindfulness as a Treatment for ADHD Kean University Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has quickly become one of the most commonly diagnosed disorders for children and adolescents in America today. There is a growing amount of research that indicates this is an issue of significant proportion. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ one in ten children in the United States are currently diagnosed with ADHD. The condition of ADHD has been defined as a
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(32510115) Tutor Name and Class Code: Mel Cheang (PSY 213 B) Question 1: Is ADHD caused by poor parenting? Nature and Nurture of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – Does Poor Parenting Cause ADHD? Number of Words: 1485 Date of Submission: 3rd November 2014 Nature and Nurture of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – Does Poor Parenting Cause ADHD? Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric disorder that is most commonly diagnosed in children
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Attention deficit hyper disorder also known as ADHD‚(Shea 5) is a very common disorder. ADHD is a neurobehavioral disorder‚(Shea 7) about nine percent of all American children ages three to seventeen have been diagnosed‚ and four percent of adults.(Shea 8) Some symptoms of ADHD include impulsiveness‚ inattentiveness‚ and hyperactivity. (Shea 6) Though ADHD is very common‚ it is hard to diagnose. There is no medical test which can diagnose ADHD. It takes the help of parents‚ teachers‚ and doctors
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Ian Nielsen SED 320 5-9-11 Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD I chose to look into teaching strategies for students with ADHD because my brother had ADHD. I was exposed to his experiences with it and his struggles in school. I remember how his actions seemed to express negative motives that really were just influenced by his ADHD. I remember the struggle my parents had with talking to other teachers who wrote off my brother’s actions for a lack of discipline‚ self-control‚ or respect
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Misdiagnosing and Overprescribing ADHD Medications Miriam Valdez HSM 210 Melissa Ellison January 31‚ 2010 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that millions of children across America are being diagnosed with and put on drugs for. Being the most common childhood disorder in the United States and around the world there are millions of children taking psychotropic drugs to treat ADHD. With so many conditions that imitate ADHD and so many risks and side
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