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Article: Frontal lobe functioning in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Adolescence
- Article date:
- December 22, 2001
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Attention deficit disorders affect three to five percent of school-aged children (DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is relatively unambiguous. Typically, ADHD diagnosis is based on behavioral observations in which the individual must display a number of developmentally inappropriate symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. These symptoms must be observed in early childhood, be present in two or more settings, and remain consistent for a minimum of six months.
Less clear is the etiology of ADHD. Originally conceived as a child disorder, it is now recognized that ADHD ...