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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorders

Pediatric Annals, 2006
<P>Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobiological disorder that primary care pediatricians address in their practices. ADHD has a prevalence rate in American youths that ranges from 4% to 12%, depending on the sampling design and restrictiveness of the definition of ADHD used.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2010
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a highly heritable medical condition which mainly affects school-aged children although it is increasingly being recognized in adults. The exact cause remains unknown, but the condition responds well to evidence-based interventions.
Muhammed, Ather, Gill, Salmon
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Attention deficit disorder

Interactions, 2004
Media companies are losing our attention and their profits. What can they do to regain both?
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1992
AbstractThe most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in childhood, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has a neurobiological and genetic basis and is responsive to treatment.
L, Amaya-Jackson, R H, Mesco, J J, McGough, D P, Cantwell   +3 more
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Paying Attention to Attention Deficit Disorder

Pediatrics, 1979
There is more research activity in and writing about hyperactivity than any other behavioral problem of childhood. Because "hyperactive" and "hyperkinetic" were used as descriptive words before they became a diagnosis, there is still understandable confusion on the part of many as to what the syndrome is and what to do about it.
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Adult Attention Deficit Disorder

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1988
To the Editor.— The response by Dr Denckla to the query by Dr Looloian regarding adult attention deficit disorder as a "recognized diagnosis" and its treatment with stimulants is informative. 1 However, the march of time has rendered the nosology employed by Dr Denckla out of date. In 1983, only three years after the adoption of DSM-III , the American
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Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2019
Attention Deficit Disorder/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) are diagnosed in American youth at a rate much higher than their same-age peers in other countries. The relationship between education and treating ADD/ADHD with stimulant medication is expanded upon here, in the context of “poisonous pedagogies” and the intersectional ...
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; also known as hyperkinetic disorder) is a common neurodevelopmental condition that affects children and adults worldwide. ADHD has a predominantly genetic aetiology that involves common and rare genetic variants.
Stephen V. Faraone, Mark A. Bellgrove, Isabell Brikell, Samuele Cortese, Catharina A. Hartman, Chris Hollis, Jeffrey H. Newcorn, Alexandra Philipsen, Guilherme V. Polanczyk, Katya Rubia, Margaret H. Sibley, Jan K. Buitelaar   +11 more
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Attention Deficit Disorders in Adults

Clinical Neuropharmacology, 1985
Twenty-two adults who met DSM-III criteria for "Attention Deficit Disorder, Residual Type" (ADD-RT) were evaluated in a series of clinical experiments. Although certain personality and psychological factors typified the ADD-RT group, methylphenidate blood levels, the growth hormone response to methylphenidate, and the brainstem evoked response did not ...
C T, Gualtieri, M G, Ondrusek, C, Finley
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2006
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral diagnosis based on the presence of developmentally inappropriate levels of impulsivity, overactivity, and inattentiveness. It is a familial condition with a complex pattern of inheritance.
Kuntsi, J, McLoughlin, G, Asherson, P
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