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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder, usually diagnosed in childhood, which manifests itself with symptoms such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, mood shifts, poor impulse control, and distractibility.http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/mntldsrdr.htm In neurological pathology, ADHD is currently considered to be a chronic syndrome for which no medical cure is available. Pediatric patients as well as adults may present with ADHD, which is believed to affect between 3-5% of the human population.http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/add_adhd.htm
Much controversy surrounds the diagnosis of ADHD, such as over whether or not the diagnosis denotes a disability in its traditional sense or simply describes a personal or neurological property of an individual. Those who believe that ADHD is a traditional disability or disorder often debate over how it should be treated, if at all. According to a majority of medical research in the United States, as well as other countries, ADHD is today generally regarded to be a non-curable neurological disorder for which, however, a wide range of effective treatments are available. Methods of treatment usually involve some combination of medication, psychotherapy, and other techniques. Many patients are able to control their symptoms over time, even without the use of medication. Some individuals who meet the diagnostic criteria of ADHD, according to the guidelines of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, do not consider themselves to be mentally ill, as the manual suggests,http://www.behavenet.com/capsules/disorders/mntldsrdr.htm and therefore may remain undiagnosed or, after a positive diagnosis, untreated.
ADHD is most commonly diagnosed in children. When diagnosed in adults, it is regarded as adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD). It is believed that anywhere between 30 to 70% of children diagnosed with ADHD retain the disorder as adults.
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Adults with ADD / ADHD: Have you had your breakfast today? #ADHD
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adddoc (James Wiley,MD, FAAP) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:13:14 -0000
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ADD / ADHD Diagnosis: Understanding the Process and the Difficulties - Describes how a diagnosis for attention deficit disorder is made, requirements, limitations, and difficulties. Includes information for adult sufferers, how to choose a specialist, and co-existing conditions.
Meta Description: [ Describes how a diagnosis for ADD / ADHD is made, requirements, limitations, and difficulties. ]
ADD Consults - Virtual clinic that offers online consultations and conferences, research articles, and coaches network. Includes newsletter, chat groups, and forums.
Meta Description: [ Fast professional online help for children and adults with attention deficit disorder. Find information, resources and support on ADHD through online workshops and conferences. Read updated articles on diagnosis, treatment and medications as well as school and work issues. Find an ADD coach and o... ]
ADD FAQ - Section of FAQ Farm where visitors ask and answer questions about ADD. Includes symptoms, signs, diagnosis, relationships, causes, and treatment.
Meta Description: [ FAQ on ADD-ADHD. ]
ADD Resource - Search engine and directory for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities.
Meta Description: [ ADDResource.com covers the “Who, When and Where” of the ADD/LD community online. Look here to find professional help for attention and learning issues, and subscribe to our free monthly e-zine, Online With ADD. ]
ADD Resources - Directory of workshops, conferences, publications, and articles for parents, teachers, adults, and medical professionals. Includes support groups in Northeastern Washington, bookstore, lending library, and newsletter.
Meta Description: [ ADD Resources is a rapidly growing national non-profit organization. Our website has free 100 articles, a National ADHD Directory of over 1000 service providers, 100 links to related ADHD websites, and a free monthly eNews. ]
ADD-Plus - Family psychologist offers seminars and training for teachers, counselors, and parents living with attention deficit and behavior disorders. Includes mailing list, bookstore, free forms, schedule, and registration form.
ADDAQ: Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, Quebec - Offers information for adults in the greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area. Includes local and internet resources. [English and French]
ADDitude - Online version of magazine for adults and parents living with attention deficit disorders. Includes back issues, featured articles, subscription form, news and updates, bookstore, and forum.
ADDvance - Offers information about attention deficit disorders for parents, teens, young adults, adults, and women and girls. Includes newsletter, bookstore, multimedia library, and links to additional resources.
ADHD Ezine - Offers information and resources for parents, teachers, and adults about attention deficit disorders. Includes books, diet, alternative treatments, message board, and free ezine.
ADHD of the Christian Kind: What is Adult ADD/ADHD? - Compilation of information about what it is, what it isn't, and explanation of characteristics. Includes short attention span, distortions of time sense, depression, tendency to be easily bored, and insecurity.
ADHD Support - Information, tools and resources for parents of children with ADHD and for adults with ADD.
Adult ADD Career Alternatives - Five-part report discusses the nature of attention deficit in adults and its impact on career choices. Includes diagnosis, boredom, personality challenges, and improving concentration.
Meta Description: [ Free report on adult ADD career alternatives and the psychological factors essential for success -- written by a licensed psychologist. ]
Adult ADHD/ADD Quiz - Questionnaire lists common symptoms and problems to help determine the need for diagnosis and treatment. Includes scoring of the completed quiz.
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Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder - E-mail list where adults with attention deficit disorder can exchange messages. [Free registration required.]
ASK: Adults Seeking Knowledge - Information on diagnosis and treatment, behaviors, relationships, parenting, workplace and other ADD issues for adults.
Meta Description: [ For ADD adults. Diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit disorder. Covers behaviors, relationships, parenting, workplace and other ADD issues. ]
AtHealth - ADHD - Provides information from the National Institute for Mental Health on this disorder in children and adults. Includes symptoms, similar and comorbid conditions, causes, and getting help.
Meta Description: [ ADHD prevalence, assessment, and treatment ]
Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults: It Rarely Travels Alone - Discusses common co-existing conditions, including substance abuse, antisocial personality disorder, learning disabilities, and mood disorders.
Meta Description: [ Other conditions often coexist with adult attention deficit disorder ]
Attention Deficit Disorder Resources - Includes links to a variety of ADD Internet resources.
Meta Description: [ Attention Deficit Disorder resources. ]
Attention Deficit Disorders Association Southern Region - Offers information for parents, teachers, professionals, and adults in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Includes articles, support groups, workshops, behavior management, and humor. [English and Spanish]
Attention Deficit Disorders Made Easy - Excerpt from ADD Made Easy, A Manual for Those with a Short Attention Span by Barbara Stein.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Treatment modalities of ADHD explored by Dr. Kidder.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - The diagnosis and misdiagnosis of ADD/ADHD. Includes links to dozens of articles.
Meta Description: [ Learn about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as attention deficit disorder. Read the guidelines for diagnosing these diseases and how some children are misdiagnosed. ]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), HYG-5268-96 - Ohio State University fact sheet.
Meta Description: [ Neither medication alone nor behavior management alone gives consistent long-term results. Behavioral therapy may be needed to tackle ADHD-related beh ]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Overview and Theories on its Causes - Seeks to present every therapy currently being used for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and to indicate the clinical evidence to support these treatments. Organized by theories of ADHD, therapies for ADHD, links to useful sites and articles on ADHD and a discussion group.
Meta Description: [ This site's goal is to present every therapy currently being used for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and to indicate the clinical evidence to support these treatments. Organized by theories of ADHD, therapies for ADHD, links to useful sites and articles on ADHD & a discussion gr... ]
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Attention Deficit Information Network - A non-profit, volunteer organization which offers support, information, and resources for parents, professionals, and adults who deal with Attention Deficit Disorder. Has conferences, one-on-one telephone information.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - This site includes information on diagnosis, treatment, and research, and includeds links to booklets and magazine articles.
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Behavioural Assessment - Identifying behaviours that are significant in the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD and identifying appropriate behaviour management strategies as an alternative or adjunct to medication.
Born to Explore- The Other Side of ADD - A noncommercial clearinghouse for positive and alternative information which explores creativity, nutrition, giftedness, allergies, and temperament.
Meta Description: [ Positive and alternative information about attention deficit disorder, including creativity, giftedness, temperament diversity, allergies and nutrition. ]
Bridge to Success - Coaching adults through the maze of confusion of being an adult with AD/HD via audio and video cassettes.
C.H.A.D.D - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders - A national non-profit organization working to improve the lives of affected people through education, advocacy and support.
Center for Attention-Deficit and Behavior Disorders - Offering a comprehensive approach to the treatment of ADD and behavior disorders.
Chicago ADDult Resources - Information about attention deficit disorders for adults. Includes links for mental health professionals, low-cost or free clinics and agencies, and support groups in the Chicagoland area.
Meta Description: [ Resources and information for adults in the Chicago area who have ADD or ADHD, attention deficit disorder ]
DBWEB - Providing mental health counseling. Web page includes an ADD quiz for both children and adults.
Meta Description: [ Mental Health and Substance abuse programs for children, adolescents, and their families with site based and school based programs. ]
Dr. Ron's ADD and Family Support Centre - Unique and up-to-date information on ADD/ADHD and services for children and adults.
Meta Description: [ ADD and ADHD information by Dr. Ron Weinstein. Workshops, training, coaching and all of the necessary support for children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD., ADD and ADHD information by Dr. Ron Weinstein. Workshops, training, coaching and all of the necessary support for children, adolescents, ... ]
Drake Institute of Behavioral Medicine - Treats patients with ADD/ADHD and stress-related disorders and diseases with non-drug treatments. Offers a description of treatments, web resources, and location.
Meta Description: [ ADD ADHD non drug preferred treatment using Biofeedback combined with therapy helps make you successful in your treatment of ADD ADHD, Autism, Stress and Language Disorders at the Drake Institute. ]
General Characteristics of the Adult With ADD - Discusses behavioral and emotional symptoms, such as inattention and forgetfulness, hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and emotional and self-esteem problems.
Meta Description: [ A generalized overview of how characteristics and symptoms of ADD/ADHD may present themselves in Adults. In addition, if there is no impairment in your life, you do not have a disorder. How these characteristics affect each individual will be different and unique.
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Hallowell Center - Specializes in the treatment of ADD, worry/anxiety in both adults and children, also child learning disabilities. Message board, articles, center informations and resources.
Health Psychology and A.D.D. Institute - Adult Self-Assessment - Offers a scored 24-question form for adults to help them determine their risk for attention deficit disorders.
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Help for Adult ADD: Learn to Delegate - Tips from an ADD coach about struggling with delegation. Includes cost, perfectionism, and taking care of others.
HRI and Pfeiffer Treatment Center - An outpatient clinic dedicated to assisting children and adults with biochemical imbalances through nutrient therapy. Our emphasis is on ADD/ADHD, autism, depression, thought and mood disorders.
I DO NOT Have ADD! - Article about a woman's experience with her son's diagnosis and her husband's denial of his own ADD. Includes a plan devised to understand denial, find help, learn about this disorder, and repair the relationships.
Meta Description: [ Two women share their stories of living with spouses who do not want to accept ADD and how they have learned to cope with, live with and have their marriages thrive with in spite of and because of ADD. ]
Incredible Horizons ADD/ADHD Products and Services - Products, programs, and services to build attention skills, memory, and cognitive Skills.
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Interview with Harlan Gephart, MD - Diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.
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Jennifer Koretsky - ADD Management - Offers information, tips, resources, and a free e-newsletter. Management skills groups done via telephone.
Ken Zaretzky, MMC - Offers coaching in Wheeling, Illinois for adults, couples, and families living with attention deficit disorders. Includes newsletters, suggested reading, famous people, services, and resources.
Meta Description: [ As an adult who has been both gifted and challenged with ADD ADHD, I focus on helping my clients to set realistic goals and to meet and excel at the daily challenges of living with ADD. I provide individual, and family coaching centered on developing skills, abilities and coping mechanisms in... ]
Leslie Rouder, LCSW - Help for adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. Support groups, information, counseling, therapy and coaching.
Meta Description: [ Help for adults with attention deficit disorder. ]
Links to ADD/ADHD, Autism, and Asperger's resources - Links to resources regarding ADD/ADHD, autism, and Asperger's plus a blog of personal challenges.
Living with ADD - Includes articles, tips and tools for daily living, online and audio classes, forum, personal stories, and email newsletter for adult sufferers.
Meta Description: [ Learn about ADD, Find out what it's likes to have ADD, get help and support for ADD, buy books about ADD, Read personal ADD Stories,get your own Living with ADD Email account ]
luation and Treatment in Family Medicine - Clinical article discusses diagnostic criteria, symptoms, evaluation, comorbid conditions, and self-management.
MedicineNet - Symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, and links.
Meta Description: [ Learn about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) with information produced by doctors. ]
Mental Help Net: ADHD - Guide to online resources, support, treatment information, and symptoms of attention deficit disorders in adults and children.
MyADHD - Tools to improve the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association - Articles, personal stories, interviews with ADD professionals, book reviews, and links to other ADD-related sites that provide information which may be helpful.
Meta Description: [ ADDA, Attention Deficit Disorder Association, the world¹s leading organization for adults with AD/HD (known interchangeably as ADD, ADHD and AD/HD) brings together science and the human element for adults with AD/HD and the professionals who serve them, providing education and connection to adul... ]
New Zealand's ADHD Online Support Group - Offers information on causes, treatments, legal rights, and support for New Zealand parents. Includes artwork by ADHD kids, child of the week, and a page for teachers.
Meta Description: [ New Zealand's Online Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) information/support group. Find out what is available in New Zealand for ADHD suffers. ]
On Beyond Ritalin - Humorous but fairly accurate look at the medications used for treatment-resistant adult AD/HD.
Meta Description: [ A humorous look at the medications used to treat AD/HD ]
Overcome Attention Deficit Disorder - Neural Cognitive Therapy - Offering a program to treat learning disabilities without medication.
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Rev. Dan L. Edmunds - Examines ADHD and the hazards of psychostimulants. Promotes healthy, responsible psychotherapeutic intervention, and family advocacy.
Meta Description: [ Real help for children with autism or those diagnosed as ADHD without resorting to drugs and the bio-psychiatric paradigm. ]
The ADHD/ADD Guide - Afraid to Ask offers information for parents on these disorders. Includes signs and symptoms, treatment, common questions, and additional resources.
Meta Description: [ Detailed information and photographs on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, ADD, ritalin, prozac, and more. ]
The Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology - Factors in early development, for the majority, often underlie learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD and coordination problems. Find out about the primitive reflexes and how early development sets the scene for later learning.
Meta Description: [ INPP treats Specific Learning Difficulties - dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, DAMP, immature behaviour, underachievement - caused by neurodevelopmental delay NDD, Specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder, caused by neurode... ]
The Sussex Downs ADHD Information Group - Offers information for parents, professionals and adults in the Brighton and Hove, Sussex, UK area. Includes links to online support groups, medical professionals, and special educational needs.
Tomatis Auditory Training - Provides listening training as the cornerstone to a sensory integration therapy service for children, adolescents, and adults.
Meta Description: [ Tomatis ]
Top Ten ADD Traps in the Workplace - Advice for adult sufferers includes handling distractibility, impulsivity, hyperactivity, memory problems, and boredom.
Meta Description: [ ADDA, Attention Deficit Disorder Association, the world¹s leading organization for adults with AD/HD (known interchangeably as ADD, ADHD and AD/HD) brings together science and the human element for adults with AD/HD and the professionals who serve them, providing education and connection to adul... ]
Treating Girls and Women with Attention Deficit Disorder - Explains how women's and girls' symptoms may be different and may require tailored treatment. Includes information for young girls, teens, and adults.
Meta Description: [ Special considerations for treating women and girls with attention deficit disorder ]
Understanding ADHD - Information on the attention deficit disorders and treatments, for children and adults. From Healthology, Inc.
Meta Description: [ What is ADHD? Information on attention deficit disorder-ADD, ADHD-attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and alternative medication and treatments for hyperactivity in children. ]
When Adults Have ADHD - Patient handout details what it is, questions the doctor might ask, other possible problems, what can be done, and self-help ideas.
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May 25, 2007--To the Contrary :Transcendental Meditation & ADHD IWF President and CEO, Michelle D. Bernard, on PBS' To the Contrary discussing and transcendental meditation as an alternative treatment for ADHD. |
