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Recent Articles
One in Five Children Entering Kindergarten Exhibit a Psychiatric Disorder
One in five children making the transition from preschool to formal kindergarten schooling showed signs of a psychiatric disorder resulting in some type of impairment according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Study Shows ADHD Symptoms Occur in Kids with Sleep Problems
Yet another study has shown that many medical conditions may produce symptoms similar to or mimic ADHD and childhood behavior disorders.
One in Five U.S. Teens Abuse Prescription Medications
A Centers for Disease Control report released June 3, 2010 notes that the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) of 2009 estimates as many as one in five or twenty percent of U. S. high school students have taken a prescription controlled substance drug without obtaining a prescription.
Study Shows Possible Link between Pesticides and ADHD Prevalence
Could it be that pesticides might yet be another ADHD imposter (zebra) causing children to display the core symptoms of ADHD even in the absence of the actual disease?
How Teenage Depression May be Confused with ADHD
Making the diagnosis of depression is similar to making the diagnosis of ADHD; first we must eliminate Zebras or medical problems that can cause the teen’s symptoms.
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Can You Spot a Zebra?Unfortunately, there are no blood tests, imaging studies (scans)or psychological tests that can be used to absolutely and positively diagnose ADHD or any other behavior disorder. Literally, every behavior disorder is diagnosed based on symptoms and observations.
When diagnosing ADHD, clinicians should first exclude the more than 46 other medical problems, behavioral disorders and other conditions that may mimic or act just like ADHD. Once no other condition is found responsible for the observed ADHD symptoms, American Psychiatric Association guidelines for diagnosing ADHD should be used to evaluate the suspect child or adult for inclusion as ADHD.
I use the word Zebra to refer to all the things that can act just like or look just like ADHD, because a Zebra ‘s stripes allow it to effectively hide from a hungry lion. Often, the lion looks straight at the Zebra but fails to see it because it blends so well with the tall savannah grass. The same is true of all of those ADHD mimicking conditions that might be Mistaken for ADHD, they often hide right in front of our very eyes and go undetected.
Our mission at ADHDbehavior.com is to prevent ADHD misdiagnosis and ADHD under-diagnosis by providing you the information needed to ensure your behavior-disordered child, teen or adult is accurately evaluated prior to being labeled ADHD.
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