Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

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The psychosocial functioning of children and spouses of adults with ADHD.

BACKGROUND: It is unclear what the impact of parental ADHD is on the day-to-day life of the rest of the family and how it contributes to the intergenerational transmission of this disorder. METHOD: The psychosocial functioning of 23 spouses and 63 ...
Klaus Minde, Laurel Eakin, Lily Hechtman, Eric Ochs, Rachelle Bouffard, Brian Greenfield, Karl Looper (J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 200305)
psychosocial-functioning-children-spouses-adults-adhd.asp

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Childrens accounts of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

As a postmodern illness, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is embedded in controversy, reflective of the cultural times in which we live. Within this debate, 2 perspectives, ADHD as myth and ADHD as behavioral disorder, are most frequently ...
Judy Kendall, Diane Hatton, Ann Beckett, Michael Leo (ANS Adv Nurs Sci, 200304-06)
children-s-accounts-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder.asp

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Empowering preadolescents With ADHD: demons or delights.

This study tested the clinical utility of the Frame Model of Preadolescent Empowerment as a means of enhancing the self-perception of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The intervention, which has theoretical roots ...
Kathleen Frame (ANS Adv Nurs Sci, 200304-06)
empowering-preadolescents-adhd-demons-or-delights.asp

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Differences in heterosocial behavior and outcomes of ADHD-symptomatic subtypes in a college sample.

The purpose of this study was to explore heterosocial relational outcomes in a college-aged sample showing symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Using questionnaires and a behavioral observation task, dating, sexual, and social ...
W H Canu, C L Carlson (J Atten Disord, 200304)
differences-heterosocial-behavior-outcomes-adhd-symptomatic-subtypes.asp

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A qualitative study of Australian GPs attitudes and practices in the diagnosis and management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

BACKGROUND: The importance of general practice involvement in the care of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasing due to the rising numbers of patients who present with the disorder. It has been suggested by consensus bodies that ...
K Shaw, I Wagner, H Eastwood, G Mitchell (Fam Pract, 200304)
qualitative-study-australian-gps-attitudes-practices-diagnosis.asp

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A direct prefrontotectal tract against distractibility in the human brain.

Distractibility, which can be defined as an attention deficit in which orientation toward irrelevant targets can be hardly inhibited, is commonly related to a dysfunction of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Here, we show that increased ...
Bertrand Gaymard, Chantal François, Christoph J Ploner, Carine Condy, Sophie Rivaud-Péchoux (Ann Neurol, 200304)
direct-prefrontotectal-tract-against-distractibility-human-brain.asp

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Impaired and enhanced attentional function in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

BACKGROUND: The symptom domain of inattention in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggests that there are neuropsychological fields of attention in which subjects with ADHD express deficits. However, studies using differentiated ...
J Koschack, H J Kunert, G Derichs, G Weniger, E Irle (Psychol Med, 200304)
impaired-enhanced-attentional-function-children-attention-deficit.asp

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Underlying processes in the poor response inhibition of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

This study evaluated the effects of reward, punishment, and reward + punishment on the impulsive responses of ADHD children. The impulsive responses of ADHD and normal control boys (30 per group) were compared during performance of a go/no-go task, ...
R Gomez (J Atten Disord, 200304)
underlying-processes-poor-response-inhibition-children-attention.asp

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Executive function, memory, and learning in Tourettes syndrome.

Young people with Tourettes syndrome (TS) alone, TS plus attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (+ADHD), or TS plus obsessive-compulsive disorder (+OCD) were compared with a healthy control group on a set of measures of executive functioning, memory, ...
Shelley Channon, Polly Pratt, Mary M Robertson (Neuropsychology, 200304)
executive-function-memory-learning-tourette-s-syndrome.asp

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Time perception differences in children with and without ADHD.

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to compare time perception in children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with use of a time reproduction task. METHODS: The sample consisted of 60 children (30 with ADHD and 30 ...
Julie B Meaux, John J Chelonis (J Pediatr Health Care, 200303-04)
time-perception-differences-children-adhd.asp