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maintaining relationships work school/academic performance impulsive behaviors The overall prognosis can also depend on the severity of ADHD during the childhood years. For example, adults who ...

ADHD is a common neurodevelopment condition that affects how children think, learn and interact. It impacts 5-8 per cent of ...

Many with ADHD report that medication — typically a stimulant but treatment can also include non-stimulants and antidepressants — allows their true selves to flourish. Some even call it life-saving ...

Worldwide, about two per cent to five per cent of adults experience ADHD symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity ... throwing and jumping for kids with ADHD, who sometimes ...

in children, at least six symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity, or both are necessary for an ADHD diagnosis. For those over 17 years old, five such symptoms are necessary.

Doctors say that it is very important to make the distinction between ADHD symptoms and it presenting as a disorder, as the ...

An ADHD diagnosis can be made by a neurologist, psychiatrist, psychosomatic medicine specialist, psychotherapist or ...

The impulsive/hyperactive subtype fits all ... The ICD standards only diagnose children with ADHD when their behavioural symptoms are considered severe, while the DSM-5 criteria includes mild ...

A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.