ADHD developmental psychology issues
- Created by: Claire thomas
- Created on: 26-02-13 11:10
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- ADHD
- Prevelance
- USA
- 4.6 mil 6-17YO are diagnosed.
- 8.4% of pop. (national center for health statistics, 2008)
- UK
- 3-9% of children (NHS, 2010)
- 75% are male (Schnider and Eisenburg,2006)
- USA
- Diagnosis
- Hyperactivity Impulsivity
- The behaviour
- 6 months +
- Before age 7
- must occure in more than two settings
- Clinical sig impairment in functioning
- Inattention
- 3 Subtypes of ADHD
- Predominantly IA
- Predominantly HI
- Combined Type
- Process
- Medical history taken
- Questionnaires to family and teachers
- Rating scales are used
- There are no: med tests, Psychologyical tests, observation or neurological tests...
- Diagnosis is made usually by GP
- “In my experience only 5-10% of cases results in specialized referral to a psychiatrist” Parens & Johnston (2009)
- Pharmaceutical Treatment
- Most commonly administered treatment by school nurses than any other treatment (O'Connor, 2001)
- USA
- Biggest presciber of treatments for ADHD
- 60% of ADHD recieve pharmaceutical treatment (NCHS, 2008)
- Ritalin
- most prescribed drug. 8.5 tonnes P/A. prescribtion without diagnosis
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