| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a medical | | | | diagnostic manuals, but ought to be: being easily Bored. |
| condition. It is caused by genetic factors that result in | | | | |
| certain neurological differences. Attention Deficit | | | | A few other important characteristics of this disorder |
| Hyperactivity Disorder comes in various forms, and | | | | are: |
| there are five or six different types of ADHD. | | | | |
| | | | 1) That it is SEEN IN MOST SITUATIONS, not just at |
| In the DSM-IV Diagnostic manual, each of these forms, | | | | school, or just in the home. When the problem is seen |
| or "types" of ADHD falls under the diagnostic category | | | | only at home, we then would wonder if perhaps the |
| of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The | | | | child is depressed, or if the child is just being |
| main category is then subdivided into ADHD Inattentive | | | | non-compliant with the parents; |
| Type, or ADHD Impulsive-Hyperactive Type, or ADHD | | | | |
| Combined Type. In the recent past, the terms attention | | | | 2) That the problems are apparent BEFORE the AGE |
| deficit disorder "with" or "without" hyperactivity were | | | | OF SEVEN (7). Since Attention Deficit Hyperactivity |
| also commonly used. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity | | | | Disorder is thought to be a neurologically based |
| Disorder comes in various forms, and truly, no two | | | | disorder, we would expect that, outside of acquiring its |
| ADD or ADHD kids are exactly alike. | | | | symptoms from a head injury, the individual with |
| | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder would have |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder might affect | | | | been born with the disorder. Even though the disorder |
| one, two, or several areas of the brain, resulting in | | | | might not become much of a problem until the second |
| several different "styles" or "profiles" of children (and | | | | or third grade when the school work becomes more |
| adults) with ADD ADHD. | | | | demanding, one would expect that at least some of |
| | | | the symptoms were noted before the age of seven. |
| These different profiles impact performance in these | | | | |
| four areas: | | | | About one of twenty people, children and adults, have |
| | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is a significant |
| First, problems with Attention. Second, problems with a | | | | problem for these people, and for their families. Learn |
| lack of Impulse Control. Third, problems with | | | | more about the different types of ADHD at and visit |
| Over-activity or motor restlessness, Fourth, a problem | | | | the ADHD Information Library's family of web sites. |
| which is not yet an "official" problem found in the | | | | |