AlcoholismBy Andrew Dana Allen"What is alcoholism?" Alcoholism itself is a chronic illness that is characterized by the habitual consumption of alcohol to a degree that interferes with physical, mental and social health. Alcohol is a depressant that will release feelings of guilt, anxiety and remor...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is a condition that results in easy distractibility, impulsiveness, and for some people, greatly increased activity levels.This increased activity may be learned compensation for a very under aroused centr...

Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strong...

Have you ever found yourself making careless mistakes or having a lot of difficulty paying attention? Do you forget the things you're supposed to do? We all get distracted at times, get disorganized, act impulsively but, the difference is that for most people these behaviors are relatively ...

This study basically focused on the sleep patterns, sleep disruptions, and sleepiness of school age children. The study was based on sleep patterns of 140 children (72 boys and 68 girls- who were 2nd, 4th, and 6th grade students). This study has significance because sleep plays an important role ...

Attention Deficit Disorder is today's leading psychiatric disorder. ADD individuals tend to be hyperactive, fidgety, impulsive, have difficulties with waiting turns and being patient, inattentive, forgetful, and have problems focusing, paying attention, or concentrating on one thing. It s...

Ritalin or methylphenidate is a stimulant derived from the same family as cocaine. It is being dispensed with speed and nonchalance compatible with our drive-through culture, yet entirely at odds with good medicine and common sense. Ritalin does help some people pay attention and function better. B...

Attention Deficit Disorder As a young boy in elementary school I was supposedly diagnosed with Attention deficit disorder. To this day both my father and I never believed that I really had ADD. Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the subject of two widely challenged debates in medicinal practice...

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder that affects 3-5 percent of all American children. It interferes with a person's ability to stay on a task and to exercise age-appropriate inhibition (cognitive alone or both cognitive and behavioral). This research pape...

ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) refers to a group of symptoms that begin in infancy and can continue into adulthood, causing difficulties for people at home, at school, at their jobs, and within their communities. The severity of symptoms varies among people with ADHD. Some ...

There are some children who chronically daydream. They are often very bright, but they have trouble attending to any one topic for very long. They are full of energy and have trouble staying put. They can be quite impulsive in saying or doing whatever comes to mind, and they find distractions imp...

ADD refers to a family of related chronic neurological disorders that interfere with an individual's capacity to relate activity level (hyperactivity), inhibit behavior (impulsivity), and attends to tasks (inattention) in developmentally appropriate ways. ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorde...

Teachers are usually first to report ADHD-Teachers and other school personal are responsible for the surge in the use of medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. I believe that early childhood providers and personnel should get "formally educated&quo...

Attention deficit disorder is the subject of two widely challenged debates in medicinal practice and theory. One, the argument for ADD being a clinical and mental "disorder", is in favor of medical treatment, claiming the diagnosis is attributable to brain damage or neurological defects. T...

Attention Deficit DisorderFive year old Danny is in kindergarten. It is playtime and he hops from chair to chair, swinging his arms and legs restlessly, and then begins to fiddle with the light switches, turning the lights on and off again to everyone's annoyance...

Many people remembered that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder was once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction. This disorder is one of the most common mental disorders among children. Seen through a child eyes with ADHD is like a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where sounds, images and th...

One of the most devastating revelations for a parent is to find out their child has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Better known as ADHD or ADD, this developmental disorder has been causing many problems in the schools of America. ADD is controversial in the sense that...

The DSM IV definition of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is: A. Either (1) six (or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level; or (2) six (or more) of the following symp...

The DSM IV definition of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is: A. Either (1) six (or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level; or (2) six (or more) of the following symp...

Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged DiseasePsychologyDepression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongl...

As all parents and educators know, each child is first and foremost an individual with his or her own particular pattern of strengths and needs for improvement. While this is true of all children, it is important to remember when designing interventions for children with behavioral disorders such a...

Therapy For Depressed ChildrenRunning head: PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSED STUDENTS Psychological Treatment for Depressed Students Depression in school-age children may be one of the most overlooked and undertreated psychological disorders of childhood, presenting a serious mental health prob...

INTRODUCTION This book is about children who has difficulty paying attention, controlling emotions, and governing physical activity, and who do not think before they act. It is a book about children who are often described as taking unnecessary risks, but it begins with the premise that these c...

Have you ever had a conversation with a person and you can see that their interest seems to be drifting to somewhere else? There are many young people as well was adults who are members of a group whom suffer from this problem of wondering. They suffer from what is called ADHD or Attention Deficit...

The Wonder Drug? In today's society we believe in a quick fix in anything that ails us society. Most Americans want to be healed quickly; we want a quick fix for all our aches and pains. There is a fairly new drug on the market that ...