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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Therapy
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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
Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence.
19 Oct 2009 
The capacity to stabilize the content of attention over time varies among individuals, and its impairment is a hallmark of several mental illnesses. Impairments in sustained attention in patients with attention disorders have been associated with ... Read more...
2 Sep 2009 Successful orthodontic treatment requires the child's cooperation. Yet how can this be achieved when this cooperation is compromised by a neurobehavioural disorder: the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? This disorder, slightly tracked ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The Training with Aggressive Children (Petermann & Petermann, 2008) was integrated into the setting of a child welfare service. This study examined, if mental health care of aggressive children in child welfare settings can be improved, ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - Therapy'
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- Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence. 19 Oct 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