| One of the most commonly diagnosed conditions in the | | | | Environment Versus Genetics There have been |
| world today is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. | | | | studies done on the genetics of children diagnosed |
| There are some very obvious signs and symptoms of | | | | with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and in one |
| this disorder, and in particular you will notice that your | | | | study conducted by the Biederman Group in |
| child is more excitable, hyperactive and energetic than | | | | Massachusetts showed that upwards of thirty-five |
| most other children. In the study of behavioral sciences | | | | percent of the immediate family of a child with |
| there is not a lot that can be said for why certain | | | | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are likely to also |
| conditions appear in some people and not in others. | | | | have the condition. In a similar study it was shown that |
| When looking for the cause of attention deficit | | | | adopted children with parents known to have the |
| hyperactivity disorder we have to look at factors that | | | | condition were more likely to be diagnosed with |
| affect the development of the child which include | | | | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than children that |
| pre-natal diet, genetics, and environment. The cause of | | | | did not have affected parents regardless of what the |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is not really | | | | condition was of the adoptive parents. Taking your |
| completely known but we can study the cause of | | | | child to group therapy is one great option, as this helps |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by studying what | | | | to bring the family together and also helps the child to |
| we believe creates the symptoms that eventually lead | | | | learn more about their condition and what is involved |
| to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In The Brain | | | | with overcoming it. It is vital that the entire family help |
| Studies into the cause of attention deficit hyperactivity | | | | the child to cope and make sure that they do not feel |
| disorder have revealed that people that suffer from | | | | out of place or unwanted. This kind of a study gets us |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder seem to have | | | | closer to determining a cause of attention deficit |
| slower activity in the parts of their brain that controls | | | | hyperactivity disorder and it can be hypothesized from |
| motor functions and the ability to concentrate and pay | | | | these studies that attention deficit hyperactivity |
| attention. It is possible that one of the causes of | | | | disorder is more than likely a genetic condition and that |
| attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has to do with | | | | environment has little to do with developing the |
| the brain's inability to produce a chemical called | | | | condition. More tests are being conducted and no |
| dopamine which has a lot to do with motor functions | | | | definite results have yet been determined. And keep in |
| and the brain's ability to concentrate. In the absence of | | | | mind that important factors such as climate change |
| a full compliment of the chemicals the brain needs to | | | | and diet have not yet been completely studied as we |
| function properly we get an imbalance that could be | | | | try to find the cause of attention deficit hyperactivity |
| the cause of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | | | | disorder. |
| although nothing has been shown to be absolute yet. | | | | Frans Nieuwenhuis is the author of this article. |