A disorder I have not viewed in lecture just yet, is ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. This disorder is diagnosed most typically in children and affects three to five percent of school age children. The symptoms include an inattentiveness and impulsivity. For those of us who do not have this disorder, we may look on it as being those hyper kids who cannot sit still during class. If undiagnosed as a child, in adulthood the symptoms are more restlessness rather than hyperactivity.
There is no direct cause of ADHD though heredity is the most common link. Along with ADHD most children will have at least one other developmental problem, and in some cases a psychiatric problem such as depression.
It appears as though more and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD in the past five years. My first realized encounter with someone with ADHD was in the sixth grade. I was assigned to take notes for a classmate because she could not stay focused long enough to do them herself. I didn't think much of it until she tried to run away from school in the middle of the day and carried around a pet rock, and then I started to connect the dots. Today, it does not seem as impactful to find out a friend has the disorder. You merely shrug it off and say you had no idea. And most times people do not have any idea, because it is possible to medicate the symptoms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u82nzTzL7To
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