The Best Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Psychology 2 / Mr. Terrell Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral syndrome characterized by inattention and distractibility‚ restlessness‚ inability to sit still and difficulty concentration on one thing for any period of time states Lotha (2006). She also explains the numbers of the diagnoses are increasing annually and according to the Issues & Controversies Database (2005)‚ “Most experts estimate
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder‚ or ADHD for short‚ is a condition in which the diagnosed may seem restless‚ easily distracted‚ and may have difficulty focusing on what appears to be a fairly easy task (Gale 2010). The disorder is most commonly found in young children and studies have shown that young boys‚ between the ages of four and fourteen‚ are three times more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder than girls in the same age range (CDC 2013). Over the past twenty-five years‚ ADHD
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prizes or cash for abstaining from drugs Cognitive behavioral therapy addressing the reasons behind your substance abuse so you change your thinking when it comes to your cocaine abuse Physiological therapy provides you with medication like Methylphenidate that addresses your cocaine dependence. The medications mimic the cocaine but on a different‚ reduced level. Doctors eventually taper these medications off‚ weaning you off of them as you work on living a clean lifestyle. As you go through the
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The Harmful Effects of ADHD Medication in Children English 102: Writing II Abstract The medications and treatments for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) were researched to expose the risks of pharmaceuticals and their side effects on young children. The medical risks of medications commonly used to treat children with ADHD were examined using published research and findings from pediatricians‚ physicians‚ scientists‚ and other health
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the individual is driving or operating heavy machinery. Some patients with this condition suffer from EDS‚ cataplexy‚ hallucinations‚ obesity and paralysis (Narcolepsy and Sleep.). Medications can help alleviate symptoms such as Modafinil and Methylphenidate. Along with drug treatment‚ exercise and a routine nap schedule can
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Narcolepsy or dyssomina is a chronic sleep disorder of the central nervous system characterized by the brain’s inability to regulate sleep-wake cycles. During the day‚ people with narcolepsy have sudden and irresistible bouts of sleep that occur at inappropriate times or places‚ which can last from a few seconds to several minutes and happen multiple times a day. Narcolepsy’s most common major symptom‚ other than excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS)‚ is cataplexy. Sleep paralysis and hallucinations
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Tourette Syndrome was first described by a French doctor named Georges Gilles de la Tourette. (Joseph‚ Kidshealth) The disease can be very hard to control depending on the severity. It can cause repetitive movements or sudden jerks such as excessive eyeblinking‚ or shrugging your shoulders and even head jerking. Tourette’s can also can cause you to say unwanted things such as offensive phrases/words or blurting out random words‚ which are typically called tics. (Tourette Syndrome‚ Mayoclinic) Tics
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Substance Use and Treatment My use of Ritalin never occurred to me as substance abuse. I had been pretending to be suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) for some time as an excuse for my low grades in school and Ritalin was prescribed to me. I never took the medication since I knew I was not sick so I hid them. Until A friend of mine came visiting and saw them and informed me that‚ that was what he used to help him study. He told me that the pills helped one stay awake for hours which I
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Neuroscientists argue that Cognitive Enhancement‚ is what we may need while another scientist argue that the side effects may be more than what we or the recipient signs up for‚ what both parties agree on is change of the way we think and function; according to the University of Washington Neuroscience. Studies of the brain have been pursued for centuries‚ for example‚ in 387 B.C when Plato spoke about the brain being the “set of mental processes” in Athens or‚ in 1755 when J.B. LeRoy decided to
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Introduction: Most people have heard of the term Attention Deficit Hyperactive (ADHD) disorder. "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurobiological disorder that interferes with an individual’s ability to attend to tasks (inattention)‚ inhibits one’s behavior (impulsivity)‚ and may interfere with a person’s ability to regulate one’s activity level (hyper-activity) in developmentally appropriate ways (Barkley 19)". The most important job for teachers and parents is to separate
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