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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Etiology
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Definition of 'Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity'A behavior disorder originating in childhood in which the essential features are signs of developmentally inappropriate inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although most individuals have symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity, one or the other pattern may be predominant. The disorder is more frequent in males than females. Onset is in childhood. Symptoms often attenuate during late adolescence although a minority experience the full complement of symptoms into mid-adulthood. (From DSM-IV) |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
30 Oct 2009 
OBJECTIVE: Attention-deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a frequent mental disorder with onset in childhood and persistence into adulthood in a sizeable number of people. Despite a rather simple clinical definition, ADHD has many facets ... Read more...
Postconcussion syndrome after minor head injury: brain activation of working memory and attention.
30 Aug 2009 After minor head injury (MHI) postconcussive symptoms (PCS) such as memory and attention deficits frequently occur. It has been hypothesised that PCS are caused by microstructural damage to the brain due to shearing injury, which is not detectable ... Read more...
21 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Impaired attention contributes to poor stroke outcomes. Attention process training (APT) reduces attention deficits after traumatic brain injury. There was no evidence for effectiveness of APT in stroke patients. This trial ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Etiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- The heterogeneity of causes and courses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 30 Oct 2009
- Postconcussion syndrome after minor head injury: brain activation of working memory and attention. 30 Aug 2009
- Reducing attention deficits after stroke using attention process training: a randomized controlled trial. 21 Jul 2009
- Factors contributing to attentional impairments after traumatic brain injury. 29 Jun 2009
- Preattentional processes and disorganization in schizophrenia: Influence of a 6-week risperidone treatment. 11 Jun 2009
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- Attention-deficit disorders and epilepsy in childhood: incidence, causative relations and treatment possibilities. 30 May 2009
- Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder: an update. 30 May 2009
- Diet and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Can some food additives or nutrients affect symptoms? The jury is still out. 30 May 2009
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- Impaired attention network in temporal lobe epilepsy: a resting FMRI study. 21 Apr 2009
- Multimodal treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. 13 Apr 2009
- Developmental consequences of prenatal tobacco exposure. 30 Mar 2009
- Early working memory in children born with extremely low birth weight: assessed by object permanence. 30 Mar 2009
- Impact of neonatal thyroid hormone insufficiency and medical morbidity on infant neurodevelopment and attention following preterm birth. 30 Mar 2009
- Correlation of attention deficit, rapid eye movement latency and slow wave sleep in schizophrenia patients. 30 Mar 2009
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Technical information about 'Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity'
Definition: A behavior disorder originating in childhood in which the essential features are signs of developmentally inappropriate inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Although most individuals have symptoms of both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity, one or the other pattern may be predominant. The disorder is more frequent in males than females. Onset is in childhood. Symptoms often attenuate during late adolescence although a minority experience the full complement of symptoms into mid-adulthood. (From DSM-IV)
Descriptor UI: D001289
Alternative terms: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Hyperkinetic Syndrome; Syndromes, Hyperkinetic; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Attention Deficit Disorders with Hyperactivity; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders; Brain Dysfunction, Minimal; Dysfunction, Minimal Brain; Minimal Brain Dysfunction; Attention Deficit Disorder; Attention Deficit Disorders; Deficit Disorder, Attention; Deficit Disorders, Attention; Disorder, Attention Deficit; Disorders, Attention Deficit;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: F03.550.150.150;
Online Note: use ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY to search HYPERKINETIC SYNDROME 1981-83 & MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION 1969-80 (as Prov 1969-72)
History Note: 84; was HYPERKINETIC SYNDROME 1981-83; was MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION 1969-80 (Prov 1969-72)
Technical Notes: not confined to children; do not confuse with HYPERKINESIS: note X refs under both; DF: ADDH or ADHD