|Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment for Attention-Deficit/

|Assignment: dIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT for Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder |

|Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder |

|Yamile Ortiz |

|Axia College at University of Phoenix |

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|2/1/2010 |

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AD/HD is a commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood. This AD/HD disorder affects between 3 out of 7 of every 100 of school-aged children, and in many cases the problem continues through adolescence and adulthood. Symptoms of AD/HD are developmental levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Parents, physician, and teachers may be the first to see the symptoms as these symptoms causes difficulties in school, at home, work and even social life. There are three subtypes of AD/HD; predominantly inattentive type, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type, and a combined type (inattention, hyperactivity- impulsivity).

Although research have not fully shown the exact cause of AD/HD, scientists have been working to unlock the mystery of the brain which studies have shown that AD/HD is...