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ADHD
Title: ADHD
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 258 | Pages: 1.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a very common disorder in school age children. It is a disorder that is commonly over diagnosed to children and is often confused with “normal child behavior.” At a young age, children are often very active, impulsive, and there attention span is minimal, but this is often mistaken for ADHD. There are many signs to look for, and many ways in dealing with a child with ADHD. If this …showed first 75 words of 258 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 258 total…ADHD child. The frontal area is where the neurotransmitters are decreased causing the hyperactivity. This chemical imbalance can be helped by stimulant drugs that are known as neurotransmitters and they can temporarily improve the behavior of the children. These medications are often known as Ritalin or Dexedrine. These stimulants increase the amount of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain, which in turn, level the amounts of the chemicals in the brain decreasing hyperactivity.
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