Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder And Peer Rejection
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder occurs in home, as well as school, church, and at social
events. There are 10 times more boys with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder than girls. According to MedicineNet.com, Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder: A family of related chronic neurobiological
disorders that interfere with an individual's capacity to:
All children will be hyper and
will get into trouble at one time or another. A child with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder will constantly fidget, have the
urge to touch or grab everything, blurts out answers, interrupts
often, and will forget to bring home homework or to even turn it
in. Also, a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
may have other disorders such as: oppositional
defiant disorder, depressive
disorders, conduct
disorders, anxiety
disorders, and learning disabilities.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a dysfunction of the
Central Nervous System (CNS), most specifically the Reticular Activating
System, which results in difficulties of maintaining attention and
concentration, learning and memory, as well as involving an inability
to process and sort out incoming information or stimulus from both
an individual's inner (subjective) and outer (objective) worlds.
It may manifest itself in undue inattentiveness, unruly, uncontrollable,
aggressive hyperactivity in affected individuals.
It is very important that if you suspect that you or your child
has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder that you get a complete
physical done, as well as, see a psychologist or a mental health
professional that specializes in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder for a thorough diagnosis. Without the proper treatment
a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can severely
fall behind in school, lose self-esteem, lose friends, become depressed,
and possibly turn to drug/alcohol abuse, which can carry on into
adulthood.
Some of the treatments used for
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are: pharmaceutical drugs
(stimulant, non-stimulant, and antidepressants), cognitive-behavioral
therapy, social skills training, parent education, and some modifications
to educational programs. The stimulant pharmaceutical drugs have
unfortunate side effects such as: loss of appetite, weight loss,
sleeping problems, irritability, rapid heart rate, elevated blood
pressure, withdrawn behavior, tics, and suppression of growth. Also,
antidepressant pharmaceutical drugs can be habit forming.
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