Information on ADHD in Children

avatar image

Information on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder specifically in children provides background on signs, prevalence and causes of ADHD, as well as offering suggestions on help available for families.

Our information on ADHD (part of the larger section on Types of Psychological Distress) now includes an additional article on ADHD specifically as experienced by children. With background information on the prevalence of ADHD in children, causes and signs of ADHD — as well as details about treatment options and help available for families, this article provides a valuable starting point for parents concerned their children may be suffering from ADHD.

This article appears courtesy of the US National Mental Health Information Center.

Rate this post?

PoorFairGoodVery GoodExcellent (1 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ... Loading ...

About the Author: With an educational background in philosophy and mathematics, as well as in counselling, Dr Mulhauser enjoys publishing CounsellingResource.com, providing online counselling and therapy services, and spending time with his family.

This article was last reviewed by Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor on Thursday, 17th February 2005. You can leave a response below.

The URL of this page is:
http://counsellingresource.com/features/2005/02/17/adhd-in-children/

There are no comments yet on this article -- would you like to be the first to post a response?

Join the Discussion!

We support Gravatars rated PG or G; if you don't have a Gravatar, we'll display a mathematically created identicon next to your comment.

(A valid email address is required to enable you to personally verify and authorize your comment for posting. It will not be displayed in your post or used in any other way. SPAM comments will be deleted immediately.)


XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Subscribe without commenting