ADHD Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment | Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
This video is about ADHD -Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. It is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Children who have ADHD often behave in an overactive and impulsive way. Although there is considerable controversy about the number of children affected, it is estimated that ADHD affects 5 to 15% of children and is twice as common among boys. Many features of ADHD are often noticed before age 4 and invariably before age 12, but they may not interfere significantly with academic performance and social functioning until the middle school years. ADHD has two major symptoms - Inattention and Hyperactivity and Impulsivity. The symptoms of ADHD range from mild to severe and can become exaggerated or become a problem in certain environments, such as at home or at school. The constraints of school and organized lifestyles make ADHD a problem, whereas in prior generations, the symptoms may not have interfered significantly with children’s functioning because people had different expectations about normal childhood behavior. Although some of the symptoms of ADHD can also occur in children without ADHD, they are more frequent and severe in children with ADHD. In my video I have discussed the symptoms, diagnosis, management, and prognosis of ADHD in children.
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