Transcription of About ADHD - CHADD
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About ADHD. Everybody can have difficulty sitting still, paying attention or controlling impulsive behavior More than 75 percent of children once in a while. For some people, however, the with ADHD continue to experience problems are so pervasive and persistent that significant symptoms in adulthood. they interfere with every aspect of their life: In early adulthood, ADHD may be home, academic, social and work. associated with depression, mood or conduct disorders and substance Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder abuse. (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting 11 percent of school-age children Adults with ADHD often cope with (Visser, et al., 2014.) Symptoms continue into difficulties at work and in their adulthood in more than three-quarters of personal and family lives related to cases (Brown, 2013.) ADHD is characterized by ADHD symptoms.
defiant disorder or conduct disorder. Adolescent girls with ADHD are also more prone to eating disorders than boys. As noted above, ADHD persists from childhood to adolescence in the vast majority of cases (50–80 percent), although the hyperactivity may lessen over time. Teens with ADHD present a special challenge.
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