Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults

ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. While this very common mental health condition is well known today we must keep in mind that only 15 years ago most people hadn't even heard of the condition, and if they had they knew it as ADD.It would not be all that surprising for an adult to put 2 and 2 together after taking to friend, having a child diagnosed with the condition, or reading an informative article online to come to...

If a child is showing signs of mild Autism, the symptoms will be apparent before the child reaches age three. The symptoms will show up in three different ways: First, the child will have a hard time communicating and relating to other people. Second, the child will have a hard time learning to speak and keeping conversations. Third, the child will have a lot of introverted or repetitive behaviors. If a parent notices any mild signs of autism,...

Aspergers is not actually a disease at all but more of a condition that many children have. The word disease itself can give the wrong impression of Aspergers and the many wonderful children who experience it. In this article I will give a simple explanation of some of the characteristics of Aspergers and then give some useful tips on how to manage challenging behaviours which are often associated with this condition.Aspergers is a developmental...

In this day and age, you would think that ADHD has been around forever. The disorder itself has been around for quite some time, but it was only recently that it was given the name Attention Deficit Disorder. Before that, the disorder had various names that changed over the years.In 1902, there is the first documented disorder relating to impulsiveness. This was in Britain, and the doctor who diagnosed the impulsive disorder was named Dr. Still....

How long has Down Syndrome existed? Have people always had Down Syndrome? There are records of people with Down Syndrome existing for thousands of years.Archaeologists have found statues made by tribes that lived in Central America somewhere between 1500 and 300 BC that seem to depict someone with the features of Down Syndrome. It seems, then, that Down Syndrome has always been with us, but it was not until the 1860s that anyone thought to...