 |
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Rehabilitation
Research News and Information
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) |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
29 Jun 2009 
Since the first reports of neurofeedback treatment in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 1976, many studies have investigated the effects of neurofeedback on different symptoms of ADHD such as inattention, impulsivity and ... Read more...
Lowering developmental screening thresholds and raising quality improvement for preterm children.
30 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to determine if (1) preterm children were referred, identified, and received early-intervention/special education services at rates equivalent to term children after implementation of a universal, periodic Ages & Stages ... Read more...
14 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of symptom profile, comorbid psychiatric problems, and treatment on occupational outcome in adult ADHD patients. METHOD: Adult ADHD patients (N = 414) responded to questionnaires rating past and present symptoms ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Rehabilitation'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Efficacy of neurofeedback treatment in ADHD: the effects on inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity: a meta-analysis. 29 Jun 2009
- Lowering developmental screening thresholds and raising quality improvement for preterm children. 30 May 2009
- Occupational outcome in adult ADHD: impact of symptom profile, comorbid psychiatric problems, and treatment: a cross-sectional study of 414 clinically diagnosed adult ADHD patients. 14 Apr 2009
- ADHD in the college student: a block in the road. 30 Mar 2009
- Promoting culturally sensitive ADHD services for women: an individual example and a call to action. 30 Mar 2009
- A review of the effects of martial arts practice on health. 30 Jan 2009
- Teachers' preferences for interventions for ethnically diverse learners with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. 30 Dec 2008
- Attention remediation following traumatic brain injury in childhood and adolescence. 30 Dec 2008
- [ADHD among boys in childhood: quality of life and parenting behavior] 30 Dec 2008
- Mental disorders as risk factors for later substance dependence: estimates of optimal prevention and treatment benefits. 30 Nov 2008
- Use of stimulants to treat cocaine and methamphetamine abuse. 29 Sep 2008
- A clinical review of outcomes of the multimodal treatment study of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (MTA). 29 Sep 2008
- Bipolar disorders and quality of life: the impact of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse in euthymic patients. 8 Sep 2008
- [Lunar phases as triggers for delinquent behavior?] 30 Aug 2008
- Children with attention deficits concentrate better after walk in the park. 23 Aug 2008
- Communication and academic challenges in early adolescence for children who have been adopted from the former Soviet Union. 29 Jun 2008
- Personal amplification for school-age children with auditory processing disorders. 30 May 2008
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders. 30 Mar 2008
- One-year treatment patterns and change trajectories for adolescents participating in outpatient treatment for the first time. 28 Feb 2008
- Principals' attitudes regarding inclusion of children with autism in Pennsylvania public schools. 5 Feb 2008
See a longer list of these articles.
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