Managing Medication for Children and Adolescents with ADHD (WWK3) - Aurora. Managing Medication for Children and Adolescents with ADHD (WWK3) Can't find what you're looking for? Our health information specialists are here to help. Contact us at 800-233-4050 or online. WWK refers to the What We Know series of information sheets on ADHD. See the complete list. Individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience chronic problems with inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity to a greater degree than the average person. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurobiological condition affecting 5-8 percent of school age children.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 with symptoms persisting into adulthood in as many as 60 percent of cases (i.e. approximately 4% of adults).8,9 While it has long been thought that boys with ADHD outnumber girls by approximately 3 to 1, recent research shows that the actual numbers may be nearly equal.
Multiple studies have been conducted to discover the cause of the disorder. Diagnosis of ADHD Treatment for ADHD Q. T 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA - Bing - Aurora. Compose Mail - weharmons - Gmail - Aurora. CHDD home - Aurora. ADHD Defined and Resources. The ADHD Brain: Quintessential Supercomputer? ADHD is not a disorder. It is a difference. The ADHD brain is a genetic adaptation found in populations that have had to adapt to difficult situations; migrate, survive. There is very little ADHD in sedate, bucolic agrarian populations that have done the same things for eons.
There is a lot of ADHD in Jews, Gypsies, American Irish, and so forth. These are groups that have been assailed and attacked. And the survivors are the ones able to think on their feet, adapt, stay ahead of death. America has an unusually high prevalence of ADHD because it is to America that the firebrands, pioneers, resisters, and survivors went. The brain is the world's most sophisticated computer. The ADHD brain has almost a google of RAM, a splendidly fast non-linear processor (speed of light), and a busy, frenetic desktop.
It's the distinction between the Cowboys and the Sodbusters. Linear thinkers describe ADHD as an executive function disorder because folks with ADHD don't think as they do.