Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder adulthood

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Only recently has ADHD been added to the differential diagnosis of BPAD. ADHD was long considered a childhood illness that resolved before adulthood. Moreover, the onset of BPAD was long believed to occur exclusively during adulthood. Both of these statements are now known to be untrue. Many of the symptoms of ADHD persist into adulthood. Meanwhile, an increasing number of child psychiatrists and epidemiologists have noted that the onset of BPAD not infrequently occurs in children before they reach puberty. 

Certain individuals may even leam to turn childhood deficits such as excessive sensitivity (separation anxiety), unrelenting stubbornness (oppositional defiant disorder), or uncontrolled activity and enthusiasm (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) into strengths in adulthood, (p. 2)... 

ADHD attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, which can be a chronic condition associated with hyperactivity, forgetfulness, distractibility and poor control. This condition is mostly seen in children but can continue into adulthood. 

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a diagnosis applied mostly to children, but one that persists into adulthood for many people. It is reflected in a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hy-peractivity-impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development (16). Inattention prevents ADHD patients from keeping their mind on one thing and focusing their attention they are easily bored with a task after only a short while. They have no... 

Inattention and impulsivity due to attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) begins before age 7 and can continue into adolescence and adulthood, often requiring ongoing drug treatment. 

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