ADHD🧠
Attention deficit hyper activity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder whose symptoms can be categorized into 2 types:
- inattentiveness
- impulsiveness and hyperactivity
The main signs of inattentiveness include:
- Trouble holding attention on tasks.
- Often being easily distracted.
- Often fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes.
- Avoiding, disliking, or reluctance toward doing tasks that require mental effort over an extended period of time.
- Often has trouble organizing tasks and activities.
- Often loses things necessary for tasks and activities.
- Being forgetful in daily activities.
The main signs of impulsiveness include:
- Constantly changing tasks.
- Being unable to wait their turn.
- Interrupting conversations.
- Acting without thinking.
- Little or no sense of danger.
- Struggles to delay gratification.
The main signs of hyperactivity are:
- Being unable to sit still, especially in calm or quiet surroundings.
- Constant fidgeting.
- Excessive physical movement.
- Excessive talking.
ADHD symptoms arise from executive dysfunction due to impairments in the prefrontal cortex. ADHD patients also show reduced volume in the cerebellum, which can cause disjointed attention.
References
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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/symptoms/
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Mate, Gabor. (1999). Scattered Minds Chapter 10 The Footprints of Infancy (p. 98). England, London: Random House.
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https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd ❗️
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Type:🔵 Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Status:⛅️