Adhd Health Care Concerns

We have all heard of the schoolboy who doesn’t know how to stay in his seat at school; instead he climbs furniture and makes noises during work time. We have also all known a schoolgirl who looks out the window quietly daydreaming instead of paying attention to the teacher. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological brain disorder that appears as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity. ADHD is a common behavioral disorder that affects an estimated 8% to 10% of school-age children. Boys are about three times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with it, though it's not yet understood why. We are familiar with the schoolboy situation having a case of ADHD and experts recently have agreed that the daydreaming girl also has ADHD-sometimes called ADD because it occurs without hyperactivity (Hallowell and Ratey, 20 and 24). Medical professionals have proven through sufficient evidence and advancing research that the condition of AD(H)D among adults is still existent due to its state of confusion. People used to believe that AD(H)D was a childhood disorder that could be outgrown. However, researchers now understand that they were wrong- AD(H)D can continue through college age and the rest of one’s life (Latham 32). Statistical evidence shows that up to two-thirds of the AD(H)D children carry on to become an AD(H)D adult. But what happens when the child with AD(H)D grows up? How can the academic educators at this level work with college students who have AD(H)D?

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