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> How is ADHD Diagnosed? > >ADHD is not a new disorder. It was first observed >among children in the early 1900?s and has been >extensively studied for more than 50 years. Attention >Deficit Disorder (ADD) may be the most well known name >for the disorder, but is now considered a >sub-classification of ADHD. > >1. In 1987, ADD was renamed Attention Deficit >Hyperactivity Disorder to include not only inattention >but also symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity > >2. ADHD is a medical condition > >3. Behavioral problems caused by upsetting >events, especially among children, are not necessarily >the sign of ADHD > >4. The emotional trauma of divorce, changing >schools, or moving to a new area should not be >mistaken for the symptoms of ADHD > >Establishing a diagnosis of ADHD is complex and >requires information obtained from multiple sources, >such as parents, teachers and physicians. The >diagnosis is dependent on the reports of >characteristic behaviors observed by parents and >teaches, and includes input from the child in addition >to the physician?s examination of the child. > >As established by current medical practice, criteria >for diagnosing ADHD requires that symptoms of >inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity have >persisted for at least 6 months and that they are more >frequent and severe than typically observed in >individuals at a comparable level of development. > >Some symptoms of ADHD must have been present before >age 7, with some present in at least two settings (for >instance, at school and at home). There must also be >clear evidence of the symptoms affecting social or >academic functioning. > >While most people with ADHD have symptoms of both >inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity (See >symptoms below). One symptom pattern may predominate, >resulting in three different subtypes: > >1. Predominantly Hyperactive ? Impulsive Type ? >is the subtype if six or more symptoms of >hyperactivity ? impulsivity (but fewer than six >symptoms of inattention) have persisted for at least 6 >months. Inattention may still be a significant >clinical feature in such cases. > > >2. Predominantly Inattentive Type ? is the >subtype if six or more symptoms of inattention (but >fewer than six symptoms of hyperactivity ? >impulsivity) have persisted for at least 6 months. >This type is referred to sometimes as ADD. > > >3. Combined Type ? is the subtype if six or >more symptoms of inattention and six or more symptoms >of hyperactivity ? impulsivity have persisted for at >least 6 months. Most children and adolescents with >ADHD have the combined type
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