Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
From Expert System: Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD, ADHD)
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) may occur in adults, but ADD (without extreme hyperactivity) is much more typical. ADHD is much more often the case in children. The criteria of ADHD, like ADD, are met only if the behavior is considerably more frequent than that of most people of the same mental age.
ADHD is defined in DSM III-R as a behavioral disturbance of at least six months during which at least eight of the following are present:
1. Fidgeting with hands or feet or squirming while seated.
2. Diifficulty remaining seated when required to do so.
3. Easily distractible by outside stimuli.
4. Difficulty awaiting turn in games or group situations.
5. Blurting out answers to questions before thay have been completed.
6. Difficulty following through on instructions from others.
7. Difficulty sustaining attention in tasks or play.
8. Shifting from one uncompleted activity to another.
9. Difficulty playing quietly.
10. Excessive talking.
11. Interrupting or intruding on others.
12. Inattention to what is being said to him or her.
13. Losing things necessary for tasks or actiities at school or at home.
14. Engaging in physically dangerous activities without considering possible consequences.
Typically onset is before age of seven, even in adults, and, especially important, the child must not meet criteria for a pervasive developmental disorder.
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