Can Body Weight Reduction in Obese Children Improve Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in the Short Term? Clinical and Research Implications

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 278-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ghanizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Obese Children ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Body Weight Reduction ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

scholarly journals Critical analysis of the concept of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Moncrieff ◽  
Sami Timimi
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulant Drugs ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Reinforcing Effects

SummaryWe question whether adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represents a discrete condition that is distinguishable from ordinary behaviour and other psychiatric disorders, and whether it is related to the childhood disorder, since adult and childhood ADHD are said to be characterised by a different range of symptoms. Although studies of stimulant drugs find marginal short-term effects, which can be explained by their known psychoactive properties, there is little evidence that there are any sustained long-term benefits of drug therapy. We suggest that adult ADHD represents one of the latest attempts to medicalise ordinary human difficulties, and that its popularity is partly dependent on marketing and the reinforcing effects of stimulants.

Longer term effects of stimulant treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Cooperative Group ◽  
First Line ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Therapeutic Trials ◽  
Behavioral Treatments ◽  
Stimulant Medications

Of pharmacological options available for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), stimulant medications are the most studied, the most commonly used, the most effective, and the first-line choice for treatment. Evidence of the short-term efficacy of methylphenidate (MPH) and other stimulants as well as behavioral treatments in the management of symptoms of ADHD is abundant. This paper reviews therapeutic trials with a duration or follow-up period of 12 months or more and evaluates the longer term outcomes of available treatments for ADHD. The trials were reported by lalongo et al. (1993), Horn et al. (1991), Schachar, Tannock, Cunningham, and Corkum (1997), Gillberg et al. (1997), Hechtman and Abikoff (1995), and the National Institute of Mental Health (MTA Cooperative Group, 1999a, 1999b).

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and oxidative stress: A short term follow up study

2015 ◽  
Vol 229 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 310-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra Guney ◽  
Fatih Hilmi Cetin ◽  
Murat Alisik ◽  
Huseyin Tunca ◽  
Yasemin Tas Torun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
And Oxidative Stress
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