Thinking back to elementary school, was there one kid who could never sit still or could not pay attention? Did this kid drive everyone crazy? Or was this kid struggling with ADHD or ADD? Every kid has trouble sitting for long but when they get up so much it is very disruptive and distracting to everyone. Someone who is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder struggles to concentrate, acting impulsively without much thought, and has difficulties listening and spends a great deal of their day daydreaming. There are not many treatment options; they are cognitive-behavioral therapy and medication. Therapy has been showed to have more lasting effects on ADHD than medication. Literature Review Research Supporting the Research Hypothesis …show more content…
There are different ways to treat ADHD without medication. Clinician and doctors use cognitive behavioral theory or behavioral treatment where appropriate behaviors can be reinforced. Researchers are investigating the role of working memory training in children with ADHD. It states that medication is currently the most effective treatment but the long-term safety and how treatment should continue is little known. An alternative to medication has been focusing in on the behavior by training the cognitive working memory (van Dongen-Boomsma, 2014). It is also important to question the children to really understand how ADHD affects their daily lives. The researchers asked about their physical and emotional health within the diagnosis. Many children were interviewed about their experiences with ADHD. The article really focuses in on the children and not just the parents and doctors of the children (Brady, 2014). The best way to help the children was to use therapy to correct behavior and to provide training and assistance to parents. Richard Reading reviewed an article that applied to ADHD. In that article, the researcher had a questionnaire regarding ADHD medication for practitioners and clinicians. The review also explains some side effects of ADHD medication and how to manage them, if considering medication the side effects need to be taken seriously (Reading, 2013). Dalsgaard …show more content…
The most common way to treat it is to use medication to help children calm down and to be able to focus. Medication does have its benefits but it does have side effects as well. One study found that the different subtypes of ADHD last different rates and affect others differently. Medicine has different affects on each person and it may or may not be the best way to treat the subtype. They had two groups of children; one group had ADHD (n=45) the other did not (n=30) and they compared IQ scores. The research was proven to be significant (p<0.01) that there was not much difference between the IQ scores of the groups (Ahmadi et al., 2014). Another article goes in depth to explain ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults. It explains the criteria in DSM-5 and changes made and the treatments for clinical practice. It states that clinical diagnosis is best to determine what subtype is present and what medication is best. The results found that 50% recalled onset by age seven and 95% reported onset at age 12 (Dalsgaard, 2013). For years now ADHD has been the most commonly diagnosed disorder for children. This article goes in depth about the benefits and some of the side effects of different medications used to help manage this disorder. First, they differentiated between stimulant medications and antidepressant medications. The article explained stimulants are more commonly used. They listed 13 different
ADHD is very common and the symptoms our patient, Kevin, is experiencing are in line with the symptoms used to diagnose it. More specifically, Kevin’s symptoms are matching the combined classification of ADHD. As a general diagnosis, ADHD is a very common disorder, and can be classified into three types- Inattentive, Hyperactive-Impulsive, and Combined. Inattentive ADHD is the type where the patient is easily distracted, a common stereotype (albeit true) of ADHD patients. This type is generally associated with lack of attention to detail, careless mistakes, failure to keep on task (being easily distracted), and being forgetful.
“Everyone wants to have friends, but making friends is hard for kids with ADHD” (Taylor, Blake E. S., 73). Once Blake makes a friend, he feels like he achieved something great, as any child would. “Having one friend was an accomplishment for an ADHD kid like me” (Taylor, Blake E. S., 67). At first, Aki, Blake’s best friend when he was 10 years old, does not care that Blake has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
I believe that my ADHD creates challenges in my job such as getting off track, not always finishing everything assigned to me, and the tendency to talk with my coworkers instead of doing my job. Despite the challenges I face in the work environment, I have to give myself reminders on what I am supposed to be doing and try to make more of an effort to get my job done. In addition to the obstacles I face in the work environment, ADHD provides additional obstacles in the relationships that I have with my family and friends. I do not share the fact that I have ADHD with my friends and that I need to take medicine just to feel and operate normal, so I occasionally feel alone or bad about my schoolwork knowing that I have to work harder for the grades I receive. Similarly, issues arise within my family because my parents have the tendency to get upset when I forget to finish my chores, or my desk is a mess and unorganized.
I. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, more well-known as ADHD, is a disorder that affects 9% of children in the U.S. When left untreated, ADHD can lead the sufferer to be unable to cope in school or socially and possibly leads to depression. ADHD is a hyperactivity disorder with many symptoms that can be treated through therapy, emotional counselling, and use of medications. II. There is a plethora of symptoms when it comes to ADHD. A. Symptoms are separated into two categories, one is inattentiveness and the other is hyperactivity 1.
Sitting in class looking everywhere and hearing everything, but you sit there wondering, “What’s wrong with me?” All the other children are sitting still looking straight. The feeling of being abnormal because being different is wrong. No parent wants this for their child, logically the parents think it’s the right decision to medicate their child. Children should not be allowed to take prescribed medications due to how it impacts their mental state, body, and relationships with others.
There 's plenty of drugs the world may think is fine to use only because it 's given to you by a doctor. All prescribed drugs are made to help someone in some kind of way; some drugs are being issued without having the focus on how it can affect the patient in a harmful way. In most cases, these drugs are free based on the patient health insurance, which may cause some to take advantage of the treatments. In that case, both the doctor and patient should be aware of the uses, abuses and side effects of these drugs such as Adderall. Adderall is a commonly prescribed drug that is known for treating mostly kids.
According to the 2013 National College Health Assessment study, almost half of students surveyed stated they felt overwhelmed with anxiety in the last year (Novotney, 2014). These numbers continue to rise among high school students and college students around the country. It’s no question why the percentage of Adderall use among college students is also rising. Adderall is a drug commonly prescribed to treat ADHD and its symptoms; however, its use among students without the ailment is rising. The drug heightens students’ motivation, focus, and concentration (Student Health, 2016).
Furthermore, the CDC tries to drive the reader away from common thoughts on the causes of ADHD, such as parenting, too much screen time, or family life (CDC, 2022-b). Overall, the CDC’s website on ADHD easily persuades its readers through the appeal of logos in the logic and reasoning found throughout the
ADHD affects behaviour and social development in that they get easily frustated, which could be the same children with Autism this affects there Emotional and social development. Dyslexia is a condition that affects learning literacy so what they think they are reading may not be what is actually there so they get stuck with understand letters they may
The lack of knowledge concerning the effects Adderall has on one’s health and the misuse of the drug has led many students to believe that there are no negative side effects of the drug. The negative effects of Adderall on the human body outweigh the positive effects that are better known by college students. Ninety-five percent of the articles in media reports “mentioned at least one possible benefit of using prescription drugs for neuro-enhancement, but only fifty-eight percent mentioned any risks or side effects” (Lakhan). Since the negative effects of Adderall are not talked about much by the media not many college students are aware of what they are taking and what could happen. Negative side effects of Adderall and drugs similar to it
I have been faced with many challenges with ADHD. It affects every aspect of my life including my behavior, my mood and most of all my cognitive and organizational skills. My late diagnosis made it difficult to accept and understand what was happening. First I was diagnosed with defiant child syndrome because I was not respecting my teachers at school, fighting and just being disrespectful.
The specified medication involved in treating the disorder involves the application of ADHD stimulants meaning that if the drug is taken as prescribed by the medical doctor, the behavior and attention insignificance will be reduced remarkably. ADHD drugs are commonly abused by people through injection, insufflation, even rectal administration of the pills. Different research conducted has illustrated the illegal use of ADHD medication for their stimulating properties. Research indicates that students using the drug as a stimulant shows a positive increase in performance and cognitive skills (Vester, Brady and Galanter 78). Additionally, college students abusing the drug through using it as a stimulant state believe that the drug revives the body and the brain hence increase the ability to focus academically.
The three mental ailments associated with ADHD are inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Living with these conditions is no easy task. Anyone of those symptoms can individually lead to not having good grades, or even losing track of a simple conversation. Put all of them together and you have a dangerous mix that in undoubtably going to lead to poor school performance and an inept social life, if the proper means are not taken. Therefore, the effectiveness outweighs the risk when it comes to this medication, which in turn makes ADHD medication a promising and efficient treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity
Children with ADHD Attention Psychiatric Association says that up to 11% of children in the U.S have been diagnosed with ADHD. This is a concerning percentage considering the possibility for misdiagnosis. Many children have been misdiagnosed with ADHD due to parents being overwhelmed by their high energy children, Schools not questioning a misdiagnosis because they get more funding for a child with a mental handicap, and because doctors choose the easy way out when treating a child with high energy. The first reason why children are being misdiagnosed for ADHD because parents are being overwhelmed by their high energy children.
According to our book behavior modification is a treatment approach which is focused on changing people’s (and animal’s) behavior through a systematic program based on the learning principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, or observational learning. I believe that Behavior Modification should be used in society to shape the behavior of others, since it can help those with psychological needs to look after themselves and rely less on others for basic needs. And since, behavior modification is used to treat different mental disorders such as ADHD, enuresis, and OSD and many others, it can help not only people with mental disorders but also with their families deal with these people in order to improve their home environment.