Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

摘要

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also called Attention Deficit Disorder, is the most common chronic illness in childhood. In developed countries it is two times more common than Asthma, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Juvenile Arthritis and Epilepsy combined. However, it was infrequently seen before 1970, and it has not been recognized as an important disorder in Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry until the past 10 years. Therefore, the major impairments due to ADHD have not been recognized until very recently. As I have noted in my recent lecture here, it has become a major source of child, teen and adult impairment that has high economic costs for parents, schools, communities and the nation as a whole. The purpose of today's lecture is to review the condition of ADHD. In order to put treatment in perspective, the topics to be reviewed are ― Epidemiology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis. Skill deficits and Treatment