Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and The Prescription a Psychos

Boisterous, energetic, and spontaneous were once adjectives used to describe the behaviour of normal, healthy children. These days, similar behaviours energy be labeled problematic, hyperactive, and uncontrollable, often resulting in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the prescription of a psychostimulant drug (Lardizabal, 2012). concord to the DMS-V, ADHD is described as a combination of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Due to the nature of the symptoms, ADHD can significantly hinder a childs ability to succeed in a school setting, both academically and socially, which could adjudge dire implications for their future (Faraone & Biederman, 2001). With over ten million children in the united States currently diagnosed with the disorder, ADHD has been labeled an epidemic and this has lead to a significant increase in the amount of research devoted to determining its cause and give-and-take (Stol zer, 2007). The increased attention has also attracted a great deal of controversy, with medical experts questioning the safety of administering psychostimulant drugs to children. Although the evidence is often contradictory, due to an increase in the funding of the adverse side effects in children caused by psychostimulant medication, as well as an increase in the evidence of nonpharmacological treatments successfully reducing the symptoms of ADHD, many parents have become reluctant in allowing their children to take the prescribed drugs (Isaacs, Watkins, Hodgens, & Zachor, 2002). This movement has sparked an increase in the amount of parents questioning their own level of responsibility in the oversight of symptoms of their childs disorde... ...ofeedback, 28, 63-75. doi 10.1023/A1022321017467Sinn, N. (2008). Nutritional and dietary influences on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Nutrition Reviews, 66, 558-568. doi 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00107.x.Stolzer, J. M. (2007). The ADHD epidemic in America. honourable Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 9, 109-116. Swanson, J., Kraemer, H., Hinshaw, S., Arnold, L., & Conners, C. (2001). Clinical relevance of the primary findings of the MTA success rates based on severity of ADHD and ODD symptoms at the end of treatment. diary of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 168-179. doi 10.1097/00004583-200102000-00011Verlaet, A. J., Noriega, D., Hermans, N., & Savelkoul, H. J. (2014). Nutrition, immunological mechanisms and dietary immunomodulation in ADHD. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 23, 1-11. doi 10.1007/s00787-014-0522-2