ADHD

Question 1

List key difficulties with being diagnosed with ADHD

Answer 1

Impaired response inhibition, impulse control, and capacity to delay gratification. Excessive task-irrelevant activity. Sustained attention and persistence of effort. Remembering to do things (working memory). Delayed development of internal voice and rule-following. Emotion regulation, motivation, and arousal. Variability in task performance.

Question 2

Prevalence of ADHD

Answer 2

• 3-7% of children
• common in boys (3:1)
• universal among human pop.
• runs in families

Question 3

Who is at risk for ADHD?

Answer 3

hx of prenatal alcohol or tobacco-smoke exposure, premature delivery or significantly low birth weight, or significant trauma to the frontal regions of the brain

Question 4

Etiology

Answer 4

80% genetic

Question 5

Non-genetic causes

Answer 5

difficulties during pregnancy, prenatal exposure to alcohol and tobacco smoke, prematurity of delivery and significantly low birth weight, excessively high body lead levels, and post-natal injury to the prefrontal regions of the brain

Question 6

What are the different types of ADHD?

Answer 6

Inattentive Type, Hyperactive Type and Combined Type

Question 7

Inattentive Type

Be able to explain the symptoms

Answer 7

Daydreaming, passiveness, sluggishness, difficulty w focusing, slow processing of info, mental fogginess and confusion, social quietness, problems remembering. Long verbal pauses in conversations.

Question 8

Hyperactive Type

Answer 8

Impulsive and hyperactive w/o difficulties in attention and concentration

Question 9

Most children have what type of ADHD?

Think back to discussion

Answer 9

ADHD Combined Type

Question 10

What are evidence based treatments?

Answer 10

Medication, MTA Study and CBT

Question 11

MTA Study

Answer 11

Multisite randomized controlled trial. 4 Conditions: medication management, behavioral tx, comb of both and routine community care

the community care is the control group

Question 12

Combination treatment and medication management were both ____ to behavioral treatment alone.

Answer 12

superior

Question 13

Combination treatment was superior in addressing other areas …

be able to finish sentence

Answer 13

anxiety, academic performance, parent-child relations, social skills

Question 14

Psychological Treatments

Answer 14

Supported strategies: behavioral parent training, behavioral teacher training, social skills training for children with generalization components and lastly intensive summer treatment program.

Example: STAND
(Supporting Teens Academic Needs Daily)