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Abstract
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition that affects millions of
children and often persists into adulthood. ADHD includes a combination of problems, such as
difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. ADHD is estimated to affect
about 6 to 7 percent of people aged 18 and under when diagnosed via the DSM-IV criteria.
Hyperkinetic disorder when diagnosed via the ICD-10 criteria give rates of between 1 to 2 percent in
this age group. Children in North America appear to have a higher rate of ADHD than children in
Africa and the Middle East; however, this may be due to differing methods of diagnosis used in
different areas of the world. If the same diagnostic methods are used rates are more or less the same
between countries. While treatment won't cure ADHD, it can help a great deal with symptoms.
Treatment typically involves medications and behavioral interventions. Early diagnosis and treatment
can make a big difference in outcome.
*Couresponding Author:
Habibolah Taghizade Moghaddam, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Email: Taghizademh1@mums.ac.ir
Received date: Jul 10, 2014 ; Accepted date: Nov 12, 2014
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ADHD in Children
Introduction
families and society, which characterizes it
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
as a major public health problem.
(ADHD) is a disorder of childhood and
adolescence characterized by a pattern of An understanding of the epidemiological
extreme pervasive, persistent and aspects of ADHD/HD may provide insight
debilitating inattention, overactivity and into its distribution and etiology as well as
impulsivity. It is believed to be one of the information for planning the allocation of
most common reasons for mental health funds for mental health services. In past
referrals to family physicians, decades, investigators from all regions of
aediatricians,paediatric neurologists and the world have made substantial efforts to
child and adolescent psychiatrists. define the prevalence of the disorder.
Although originally thought to remit Several literature reviews have reported
during childhood, the symptoms of ADHD highly variable rates worldwide, ranging
have also been shown to persist in patients from as low as 1% to as high as nearly
through adolescence and into adulthood . 20% among school-age children. Several
The disorder is often chronic, with one investigators have suggested that
third to one half of those affected retaining prevalence rates in Europe were
the condition into adulthood . It interferes significantly lower than rates found in
with many areas of normal development North America (2).
and functioning in a child’s life. Children
with ADHD are more likely than their Alternative Names
peers to experience educational
underachievement, social isolation and Attention deficit disorder (ADD); ADHD;
antisocial behaviour during the school Childhood hyperkinesis.
years and to go on to have significant
Methods and Materials
difficulties in the post-school years (1).
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder The current study was a review survey
(ADHD) is one of the most common which was conducted to evaluate some of
neurodevelopmental disorders of children’s Attention deficit hyperactivity
childhood. The worldwide prevalence in disorder that is mentioned in science
children ≤18 years has been estimated at website by studying articles and books
5.3% in a systematic review of 102 studies science texts.
from all continents, with a majority from
North America and Europe (2). To evaluate the texts, the singular or
combination forms of the following
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder keywords were used: “ADHD”,
(ADHD) is characterized by pervasive and “Prevalence”, “ADD”, “Hyperkinesis” and
impairing symptoms of inattention, “Children”.
hyperactivity, and impulsivity according to
DSM-IV (3) . The World Health To evaluate the electronic Persian
Organization (WHO) (4) uses a different databases the following websites were
name—hyperkinetic disorder (HD)—but searched: Google, Scientific information
lists similar operational criteria for the database (SID), Ministry of healthcare,
disorder. Regardless of the name used, Medical articles library of Iran (medlib.ir),
ADHD/HD is one of the most thoroughly Iranian research institute for information
researched disorders in medicine. It has (Iran Doc), publication database (Magiran,
been associated with a broad range of Iran medex), and also search in other
negative outcomes in affected subjects electronic databases such as Google
with a serious financial burden to Scholar, Scopus and PubMed. Also, library
search was performed by referring to the
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