...ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY AND BIPOLAR DISORDER ADHD and Bipolar disorder is becoming a very serious matter in the USA they have many similarities but very little differences. ADHD is a disorder that is characterized by not being able to focus for a long period of time, having hyperactivity behavior. It is also connected with behavior problems in children and adolescents. Adults can be diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar but only under certain conditions. Bipolar disorder is considering a mood –related illness as well as having depressed moments. ADHD starts in early childhood and goes through teenage years and adulthood. ADHD is when the chemicals in the brain aren’t function properly. Children and adolescents’ have issues with focusing, difficulty with learning at school and home. The most common thing that is found in children and teens is inattention. Children and teens don’t perform to their full potential or academically so to speak when they are in school. In your adult life it doesn’t get any easier either but they can pretty much manage a little bit better with the disorders. Bipolar disorder is known as being a manic depression which causes dramatic changes in your mood, energy, thinking and your behavior. Being diagnosed with bipolar can start in your teenage years or early adulthood. Bipolar disorder is becoming more and more serious medical issue and important health concern, some researchers believe that the cause is genetic...
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...Amy Strickland ENG-105 September 18, 2013 Elizabeth Ferszt ADHD Medications The diagnosing of ADHD has grown more over the years and became more common as time goes by. There are so many different types of medications for ADHD, since not one person is the same as the other then that would result in different medications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated, “It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood.” (Facts About ADHD, 2013, para. 1). Just because ADHD is most common in children, it does not mean that it does not exist in adults as well. “No single treatment is the answer for every child and good treatment plans will include close monitoring, follow-ups and any changes needed along the way.” (Treatments for ADHD, 2013, para. 6). A lot of people think that the causes of ADHD may be from excessive amounts of sugar but when in reality the cause of ADHD is unknown. Although there are different types of medications to help manage ADHD, there are two that the most common, which are Ritalin and Adderall. This misuse of Adderall can cause serious heart and blood pressure problems. Taking medications such as the ones I listed above are to be used as doctors prescribe it. They are to be taken seriously and with caution. Medications such as Adderall are there to increase the ability to pay attention, concentrate, stay focused and to help stop fidgeting. Another thing that these medications can do is to help organize tasks and...
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...Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens Crystal Revis HCS 245 June 10, 2013 Joan Ralph Webber Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens Bipolar disorder is a very common disorder in adults all across the country, with more than 10 million confirmed cases (Webmd, 2013), and even worldwide. For many years, it was thought that only adults could develop the disorder, but now, with new research, studies have shown that the disorder is showing up more and more in teens and children alike. But with anti-depressant medications being made for adults only, the real question is going to be how to treat these teens and children. “Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood and energy. It can also make it hard for someone to carry out day-to-day tasks, such as going to school or hanging out with friends. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through from time to time. They can result in damaged relationships, poor school performance, and even suicide. But bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives. Bipolar disorder often develops in a person's late teens or early adult years, but some people have their first symptoms during childhood. At least half of all cases start before age 25 (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012).” Being diagnosed with ADHD as a child can ultimately make...
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...Childhood Disorders (ADD/ADHD/ODD) Justin Kolinek Temple College Abstract Childhood Disorders can occur to anyone; children, teens, and adults. Some of these children can get a childhood disorder when they are at the age of three to five years old. However, it can stay with them throughout their life. Most children who get a disorder tend to have difficulty in life and can be physically challenged. Adults can also be physically challenged when they are older. Keywords: Disorders Childhood Disorders (ADD/ADHD/ODD) ADD/ADHD ADD mostly occurs in children because they are young and are more likely to get it. ADD/ADHD is grouped into three different categories, inattention, impulsivity,...
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...Media Violence – Friend or Foe Denise Zurawski Ashford University Media Violence – Friend or Foe Psychologists are concerned regarding the amount of violent behavior that children and even adolescents watch in their own homes through TV programs, video and computer games, even the music that they listen to. Children as well as adolescents are susceptible to these acts of violence that they witness, believing that this is the way of the world. Too much violence in a show or movie may have them believing that such behavior is acceptable and even normal. Observing too much violence in any form can have children as well as adolescents believing that this is a precise interpretation of real life. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that “American children between 2 and 18 years of age spend an average of 6 hours and 32 minutes each day using media (television, commercial or self-recorded video, movies, video games, print, radio, recorded music, computer, and the internet)” (Media Violence, 2001). A significant part of this media disclosure includes acts of violence, which if believed, could very well be acted out by our youths. Research has shown that when children watch media violence, especially if the characters (the bad guys) are portrayed as attractive and not held accountable for their actions, children may be adversely affected, and act out the aggressive behavior seen on TV. As stated in one article the authors note, For decades, researchers have studied...
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...Teaching Students with ADHD J. Palmer Capella University Abstract In recent history, the number of students diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has grown tremendously; causing teachers to face new challenges on how to instruct students with behavioral and learning difficulties. Students with ADHD have not only the privilege, but also the right to learn according to the Public Law 94-142 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is growing debate about methods that are best for students with ADHD including reward systems for behavior, to medications administered to the individual. In order for a student to learn with ADHD, teachers should integrate a variety of techniques, a general knowledge of medications and ADHD itself. Teaching Students with ADHD Introduction Sitting still, listen quietly, concentrating are characteristics of students inside of a classroom engaged in learning. But to a student who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, these tasks can be somewhat a difficult challenge. Inside of the public school system, ADHD has doubled its numbers from previous findings ten years ago. For three years, I have worked with adolescent teens in the foster care system that was placed inside behavioral facilities. One of the common diagnoses of the teens included ADHD. Seeing first hand the affects of ADHD, I chose this topic to further expand my knowledge of ADHD and what strategies could maximize learning within the classroom. One...
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...What is Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? It is a disorder marked by extreme difficulty with inattention, impulsivity, or a combination of both. About 3% to 7% of children and teens have extreme difficulty controlling their attention and are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder, or ADHD (American psychiatric association [APA], 2000). ADHD is the most diagnosed neurodevelopment disorder in children. This condition is diagnosed much more often in boys than it is in girls. Symptoms cannot be cured but may decrease with age. Symptoms can be controlled with medications, such as Ritalin. Medications are thought to help regulate the behavior by altering the neural activity in the frontal-striated area of the brain, which ordinarily inhibits behavior. Research on the causes of ADHD are ongoing, because the condition is associated with a variety of different behaviors, there are likely to be a number of sources for these behaviors Symptoms of ADHD • forget or lose things a lot • squirm or fidget • talk too much • make careless mistakes or take unnecessary risks • have a hard time resisting temptation • have trouble taking turns • have difficulty getting along with others • daydream a lot The term Attention Deficiet Disorder (ADD) is no longer used, the condition is now called ADHD broken down to three different types of ADHD, depending on which types of symptoms are strongest in the individual: Predominantly Inattentive Presentation:...
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...Matt Forster Benson, CA 3 3rd Hour Is ADHD Real of fake and can it be cured? If you ask anyone about ADD or ADHD, they’ll probably either have heard of it or have known of it. But not everyone has the same opinion on it and the medication prescribed for it. The diagnosis of this “mental disorder or disease” has become very prevalent in society, unlike 30 years ago when nobody had any idea of what it was. ADHD stands for, “Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder; ADHD or ADD are very similar. They are conditions in which sufferers generally appear restless or distracted and have difficulty focusing on even simple tasks. I believe that it is important that ADHD and ADD should be treated and eventually cured. The diagnosis of the disease is found by a psychiatrist. If the psychiatric doctor believes you have ADD or ADHD, he writes you a note for your doctor suggesting you be prescribed stimulants to help the patient focus better. Some Examples of the prescribed drugs for ADHD are Ritalin, which is the most common one, Adderall, Vyvance, and Dexedrine. These sets of stimulants are similar to amphetamine and cocaine. Responsible amounts are prescribed to the patients by the doctor. Most of the diagnoses are in children; because of this some doctors will not prescribe this medication for safety measures. The stimulants are very powerful drugs that could bear harmful results to younger constituents. The medications enhance cognitive learning and help when trying to study and take...
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...Inclusion Education and ADHD: A Hit or a Miss? Alice A. Avila-Smith COM 22 July 15, 2012 Katherine Cox Inclusion Education and ADHD Brianna, a precocious seven-year-old student diagnosed with ADHD came home from school and handed her mother a report with a turned down smile on it from her teacher indicating she was disruptive in class, earning her a time-out. Her mother asked why she talked so much in class. With a wide-eyed innocent expression on her face, Brianna says, “I don’t want to but I have to! (B. Smith, personal communication, October, 2002). For an estimated 4.5 million school-aged children diagnosed with ADHD, this same sentiment could be echoed much to the dismay of parents and teachers alike. Forty percent of these children are also diagnosed with co-morbid conditions, secondary to ADHD, such as learning, and conduct disorders or Oppositional Defiance Disorder, a condition marked with aggression, conflict-seeking, ignoring even the simplest requests, and frequent outburst (Flippin, 2005). Proponents of Inclusion Education argue integrating disabled students with their non-disabled peers into mainstream classrooms is beneficial to teaching them how to socially function in the world after high school; however, immersion does not guarantee inclusion for the ADHD student, who typically does not benefit from the one-size-fits-all classroom model. Inclusion of ADHD students in mainstream education has merit, but it has missed the mark because it leads to...
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...Laura Jewell ENG-105 07-13-2014 Rebecca Foy The rhetorical analysis of the CDC’s website on ADHD. The CDC is a government funded organization, but they do not share enough information with the public, so we can be proactive in dealing with, or minimizing the negative effects of ADHD. The CDC is not sharing information that would help the public to understand, to minimize the questions being asked, and to what depths or severity ADHD is, or could be. Some of the public may not fully understand the context of the issues pertaining to ADHD, what the CDC’s actual credibility is, and to whom they are trying to impart their knowledge. When a young child is sick, we take them to the doctor. What if we do not know they are sick, what then? That’s where the CDC gets involved with ADHD, but what do we really know about the disease, other than its generally found in children, and that it is an issue in their neurodevelopment. Children today are being diagnosed with ADHD. According to the CDC it is not ok, but the way to fix it seems to be, to medicate the child or teen, so the symptoms become less apparent. Does that really help? One of the issues with medicating could be, the child does not develop emotionally, and or socially, in an appropriate way. Is this safe for the kids, or is the CDC trying to keep ADHD under control, like they successfully have done with malaria, and leprosy (not actually creating a cure like with polio, or the possibility of a surgical fix)...
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...As young teens skip school and do criminal activities, their life doesn’t change and only gets worse when sent to Juvie. There are currently 812 juveniles aged between 10-17 in detention centres with 110 of these in Perth alone, creating youth at risk of isolation, detachment and loss of confidence. A local youth program in Armidale, run by Bernie Shakeshaft, has taken troubled teens, Rusty, Tyson & Zac (along with many others) to try and prove that imprisonment is not the way to go. Backtrack Boys is a program that should arguably be placed everywhere in Australia. The program is an alternative program that helps the boys to navigate their relationships, deal with personal trauma, take responsibility, and gain practical job skills so they can eventually create a sustainable future for themselves. “The last thing we...
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...Dealing With Bullying by: Shaun Black May 1, 2014 BSHS/325 Stephanie Munro Hello my name is Shaun Black, I will be addressing the dangers of bullying in this report. I will be explaining the following topics: why bullying is an issue to study in human development, the three components or types of bullying behavior, as observed by researchers, how gender and sexual orientation influence styles of bullying, how self-esteem affects bullying, and how family interactions are affected by bullying. Why is bullying such an issue in the study of human development? The growing interest in bullying over the past decade hasn't been without just cause, as a saddening number of school shootings, student suicides, and other tragic incidents have demonstrated the heartbreaking consequences of unchecked bullying. As a result, schools have been taking a hard line on students accused of bullying, parents are speaking out, and the issue has become the rallying point for a number new anti-bullying organizations. Yet while bullying is doubtless a major problem and one that should be addressed with the utmost seriousness, the reality is that many who are speaking out against it and proposing legislation on it really know little about the psychological and sociological research that has been done on the subject. While some stereotypes about bullies and their victims have proven true, other studies demonstrate that a more measured approach to bullying may be more effective than current...
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...Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens | Prescription Drug Epidemic Among Teens | Walden University | | Reasons and Prevention Strategies for Prescription Drug Abuse among Teens Overview Increasing abuse of prescription drugs among teens can be attributed to psychological, environmental, or behavioral conditions.Drug abuse in teens can be linked to other disorders or conditions which lead to drug abuse. Teens who abuse drugs are likely to become adults who abuse drugs. It is necessary to understand and address these underlying issues if successful prevention is to happen. First it is necessary to understand the magnitude of the problem 2.3 million Teens were abusing prescription drugs in 2003. (Controlled Prescription Drug Abuse at Epidemic Level, 2006) This is a very large number of teens abusing potentially addictive and deadly drugs. These numbers indicate a major problem with the potential to rapidly grow out of control if not addressed appropriately. In fact recent studies have found there has been an increase in prescription drug abuse among teens at an alarming rate. From 2005 to 2008 there was a 12% increase in prescription drug abuse among teens. (Elliot, Souder, Privette, &Richardson, 2008) This is a very large increase in a very short period of time. An increase such as this calls for further explanations on why this increase occurred so rapidly. Prevention methods need to be developed to avert teens from a life time of addiction. Teens who abuse prescription...
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...MENTAL ILNESS (ADHD) Terricka Atkins HCA/240 NOVEMBER 17, 2013 BRUCE GOULD ADHD was recognize as ADD and eventually as ADHD. A pediatrician in 1902, describe a group of as children as disobedient, emotional, and uninhibited. He said their actions were based on biology. He also believed that some of the children had other family members with the same disorder. Early theories were that these children were the victims of poor parenting, and more discipline was the best treatment. Years later ADHD was recognized as a mental disorder. According to ncbi,“ Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able control behavior, or a combination of these. For these problems to be diagnosed as ADHD, they must be out of the normal range for a person's age and development.” ADHD is one of the most common childhood disorders and can continue through adolescence and into adulthood. ADHD is diagnosed much more often in boys than in girls. “It is not clear what causes ADHD. A combination of genes and environmental factors likely plays a role in the development of the condition. Imaging studies suggest that the brains of children with ADHD are different from those of children without ADHD.” There are many myths that are connected to ADHD. The myths that are mostly told is that ADHD is caused from poor parenting and ADHD affects school performance. ADHD is not caused by anything parents do, although symptoms can be exacerbated...
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...The Effect of Modern Drugs on Today’s Youth Children and the Law Seminar It’s nearing finals time and students across campus are beginning to feel the anxiety with exams over the horizon. While many students hit the books to quash this feeling, others search for something more. Whispers soliciting a need for Adderall resonate throughout the halls. These students don’t have prescriptions for their drug of choice, but this doesn’t deter them. They know that the risk in purchasing and ingesting this “study buddy” is far outweighed by the extreme focus and potentially high exam scores it may bring. It’s not that these students are ignorant of the law; it is quite the contrary. These situations are now so commonplace that today’s youth perceives the law to be a technicality in their search to find a means to an end. This pervading attitude should come as no surprise to most adults. For as long as human history has been recorded, drugs have defined and reflected the attitudes of their era. In the 1920’s, alcohol was placed under prohibition and Americans were looking to every which way to circumvent this federal regulation. In the 1930’s, reefer madness swept the country and marijuana was criminalized. The 1960’s marked the era of a rising counter-culture fueled by the psychedelic drug LSD. Even the cocaine boom of the 1970’s and 1980’s define a period of American history marked by high crime rates and an evolving nightlife. Today’s society is no different. In many ways, people...
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