Resources
ADHD Symptoms and Diagnosis- CDC
ADHD Resources and Attitude Magazine
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
ADHD Interpreted (ADHD and Asperger’s)
Easing ADHD Meds- by APA author Rebecca A Clay
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
American Psychological Association APA
Top ADHD Resources–Very Well Mind
Understanding ADHD- Healthy Children.org
ADDitude Magazine: Inside the ADHD Mind
ADHD Books
Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD– by J. Russell Ramsay PhD
ADHD and Education
Stimulants Boost Achievement in ADHD Teens- by APA author Siri Carpenter
Homeschool Tips for Students with ADHD- by Colleen Kessler
How to Find a Special Education Advocate
Special Education Support Center SESC- Advocacy Organizations
Resources for Adults with ADHD
Resources for Adults with ADHD
ADHD Symptoms in Adults- by Vyvanse*
Career and Employment Resources for People- With Disabilities- Fiscal Tiger
Girls and Women with ADHD Resources
Gender Differences in ADHD/Girls with ADHD- APA
Girls with ADHD At Risk for Self-Injury, Suicide Attempts As Young Adults, Says New Research- by APA
Ellen Littman Brings Attention to Women with ADHD
ADHD Resources for Medical Professionals and Educators
ADHD Coaching: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals
ADHD- Genetics Resources
Video Resources
ADHD Symptoms
- Inattention
- lack of “close attention to details or making careless mistakes in schoolwork”
- Trouble paying attention to activities or tasks
- Trouble listening
- Lake of follow through wen given instructions and loses focus and side-tracked
- “Trouble organizing tasks and activities”
- Avoids, dislikes or is reluctant to do tasks that require mental effort over time.
- Misplaces items necessary to complete tasks
- “Is often easily distracted”
- “Is often forgetful in daily activities”
- Hyperactivity and Impulsivity
- Has trouble sitting still and squirms and fidgets
- Feeling of restlessness, being active when it is inappropriate
- Trouble playing quietly
- excessively talkative
- blurts out answers before the question is finished
- Difficulty turn taking
- Interrupts and/or intrudes on others.
- Source: CDC
- Other Symptoms
- possibility of a slightly lower IQ (as found by Kuntsi et al. (2014) referenced by OMIM)
Physiological Symptoms Found by Genetics Research
- Lower cerebral glucose metabolism
- Reduced glucose metabolism was found in the premotor cortex and superior prefrontal cortex
ADHD Symptoms in Adulthood
- Inattention
- Make careless mistakes
- Lack attention to detail
- Trouble paying attention
- Trouble organizing tasks
- Difficulty listening
- Loses items necessary for a task
- Lack of follow through and task completion
- Hyperactivity and Impulsivity
- Trouble sitting still.
- Excessive talking
- Leaves seat when expected to remain seated
- Blurts out answers prematurely
- Difficulty taking turns and waiting in line
- Extreme restlessness
- Unable to preform quiet leisure activities
- Interrupts and intrudes on others
- Always on the go
- Source: Vyvanse*
ADHD Symptoms in Girls and Women
- Girls tend to have more attention-deficit symptoms and less if any hyperactive symptoms.
- Girls with ADHD are often overlooked because they don’t fit the stereotype of a “hyperactive little boy.”
- Symptoms And Complications For Girls With ADHD Also Include:
- Low self-esteem
- Underachievement
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Engaging in risky behaviors such as smoking and unprotected sex.
- Inattentive symptoms that carry into adulthood
- Likelihood of having children with ADHD
- Source: APA
Subtypes of ADHD
Combined Presentation: Symptoms that fit the criteria of both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity.
Predominately Inattentive Presentation: Symptoms that fit the criteria of inattention but not hyperactivity-impulsivity.
Predominately Hyperactive-Impulsive presentation: Symptoms that fit the criteria for hyperactivity-impulsivity, but not inattention.
-Source: CDC
Other Names for ADHD
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is the former term used for ADHD
ADHD Associated Disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Occupational Defiant Disorder
- Autism
- Reading disorders
ADHD Causes
Genetic Causes
One study referenced by OMIM found that approximately 25% of cases of ADHD may be inherited some of these inherited genetic mutations include.
- Mutation of the TPH2 Gene on Chromosome 12q21; ADHD7
- ADHD1 on a 12-cM, and 7-Mb regions of Chromosome 16p13
- this region is also linked to Autism
- ADHD2 on chromosome 17p11
- ADHD3 on chromosome 6q12
- ADHD4 on Chromosome 5p13
- ADHD5 on Chromosome 2q21.1
- ADHD6 on 13q12.11
- Mutation of the q leg of Chromosome 15
- this region is also linked to reading disorders and Autism
- Pleiotropic effects of QTL on the Chromosome 6p gene DYX2
- Pericentric inversion of Chromosome 3p14:q21 genes DOCK3 and SLC9A9
- this region is also linked to intellectual disabilities
- Mutation of Chromosome 4q13.2
- Mutation of Chromosome 5q33.3
- Mutation of Chromosome 8q11.23
- Mutation of Chromosome 11q22
- X-linked
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