Cognitive and Neuropsychological Characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children Receiving Stimulant Medications

1993 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 1023-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcia G. Risser ◽  
Thomas G. Bowers
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Stimulant Medication ◽  
Cognitive Measures ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Children ◽  
Developmental Index ◽  
Neuropsychological Characteristics ◽  
Stimulant Medications

10 children receiving stimulant medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder were compared to normal children on cognitive and neuropsychological dimensions in a pilot study. When compared with 10 normal children the ADHD children showed significant differences on cognitive measures, including the Wechsler Developmental Index, the Bender Visual-motor Gestalt Test, and the Benton Revised Visual Retention Test. Elevated levels of polyspike EEG activity were also noted for these children. Analysis suggested that ADHD children receiving stimulant medications may have persisting neuropsychological difficulty. Further research on the neuropsychological correlates of ADHD seems warranted.

scholarly journals The incidence of dysgraphia in Arabic language in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Salah Lotfy ◽  
Mohammed El Sayed Darwish ◽  
Ehab Sayed Ramadan ◽  
Rania Makram Sidhom
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Finger Tapping ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Spelling Errors ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Children

Abstract Background Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development. Although children with ADHD made much more spelling errors, they had a distinct pattern of letter insertions, replacements, transpositions, and omissions. This mistake type is sometimes referred to as graphemic buffer errors, and it is caused by a lack of attention required for motor planning. The aim of study was to assess the incidence of dysgraphia in Arabic language in children with ADHD for better helping, diagnosis and management of those children. Results Ten percent of ADHD children had normal handwriting with no disability, 40% had excellent handwriting with a minimum of disability and 50% of ADHD children showed mild to moderate disability. There were significant differences between ADHD children and control children regarding results of each item on the subtest of handwriting of dysgraphia disability scale (DDS), respecting lines, spacing between words, letter direction, spelling a sentence, and punctuation. Drawing affected in ADHD children. The finger tapping speed was affected in almost ADHD children. Conclusions Dysgraphia highly presents in our sample of ADHD children with poor fine motor skills in ADHD children than normal children. ADHD children have illegible handwriting, not respecting lines, insufficient space between and within words, multiple spelling errors, and omissions of letters or words. Graphesthesia and stereognosis are affected more in ADHD children than in control children drawing and finger tapping speed affected in ADHD children.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Stimulant Medication ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Stimulant Medications ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Primary Care Clinicians

Key Points Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition with genetic and environmental causes. Risk factors include preterm birth and maternal substance use during pregnancy. Because of the prevalence of this condition, primary care clinicians should develop the skills to diagnose and manage this condition in patients from age 4 years through adolescence. The 3 subtypes of ADHD are predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, and combined inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive. No cardiac workup is necessary beyond conducting a thorough cardiac history before initiating stimulant medication. Stimulant medications are the most effective treatment of ADHD in school-aged children and adolescents.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Skills through Role-play on the Self-concept of Students with and without ADHD

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Malihe Shirazi ◽  
Maryam Zarnaghash ◽  
Alireza Dashti
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Children ◽  
Positive Effect

The aim of the present research is to find out the effect of role-playing on total self-concept score of students suffering from ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). Participants of this study were 120 children divided into two groups of 60. The first group included ADHD children, and the second group were normal children. The participants in the second group were randomly selected among the students of a primary school. The research instruments were ADHD Questionnaire (Tavakoli, 1380), Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept, and Scale Role-playing scenarios & Clinical interview. The data gathered through the questionnaires were analyzed by the t-test. This is the indicator of a positive effect of role-playing on selfconcept of the students with or without ADHD. Keywords: role-playing; self-concept; ADHD;

Editorial

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
L. Greenhill ◽  
Laurence L. Greenhill
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Stimulant Medication ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
Careful Observation ◽  
Childhood Adhd ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Stimulant Medications ◽  
Mixed Salts

More than 65 years ago, careful observation revealed that stimulant medication can reduce the disruptive symptoms of hyperkinetic children. Today, a variety of stimulant medications have been marketed, such as preparations including methylphenidate (MPH), dextroamphetamine (DEX), mixed-salts amphetamine (AMP), and pemoline (PEM). These constitute the most widely prescribed psychotropic medications for children, primarily in the treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Although this disorder begins in childhood, ADHD is now known to persist into adolescence and adult life, and these individuals are increasingly being prescribed stimulants for this condition. Stimulants are also used for the treatment of narcolepsy, based on controlled studies.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and its role in Cognitive Flexibility of Children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Amir Amin Yazdi ◽  
Seyedeh Maryam Moshirian Farahi ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Moshirian Farahi ◽  
Javad Hosseini
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Stroop Test ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Adhd Children ◽  
Low Performance

<p class="AbstractText">The aim of this study was to compare role of emotional intelligence in cognitive flexibility of children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants were 20 children (mean age = 10.25, SD = 2.12) with ADHD and 30 normal children (mean age = 10.96, SD = 1.32) that all of they were boy. All participants completed the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Schutte et al., 1998) and the classic Stroop test, as a measure of cognitive flexibility.  ADHD children performed poorer on both measures than non-ADHD children.  And emotional intelligence predictors of cognitive flexibility in two groups. Overall, in children with attention deficit – hyperactivity disorder there are low performance of emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility.</p>

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