Three types of ADHD are: Correct Answer: 1. Inattentive
2. Hyperactivity/Impulsivity
3. Combined
Some traits of Inattentive ADHD are: Correct Answer: Fails to give close attention to details, makes careless mistak
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Three types of ADHD are: Correct Answer: 1. Inattentive
2. Hyperactivity/Impulsivity
3. Combined
Some traits of Inattentive ADHD are: Correct Answer: Fails to give close attention to details, makes careless mistakes, difficulty sustaining attention in tasks of play activities, does not listen, does not follow through on instructions and fails to finish schoolwork, chores, or duties, or in the workplace, difficulties organizing things
What diagnostic criteria is mandatory for ADHD in children? Correct Answer: Must include 6 appropriate symptoms that must have persisted for at least 6 months
What are some symptoms of Hyperactivity/Impulsivity ADHD? Correct Answer: Fidgeting with, tapping hands/feet, squirming in seat, leaving seat, Uncomfortable being still, restlessness, difficulty waiting in lines, interrupting, blurting out answers
What are some other mandatory criteria for diagnosing ADHD? Correct Answer: Onset no later than age 12, Symptoms must be present in 2 or more situations (school, work, home), the disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, academic, or occupational functioning, disorder does not occur exclusively during the course of schizophrenia or other psychotic d/o and is not better accounted for by mood, anxiety, dissociative personality d/o or substance intoxication/withdrawal
Psychostimulants are effective in patients w/ ADHD, yet compliance is an issue. Therefore, the use of ????? at once daily dosing to treat ADHD has been shows to have advances over shorter-acting drugs. Correct Answer: Long-Acting Medications
MRI of the right mesial prefrontal cortex in persons with ADHD strongly supports? Correct Answer: decreased activation during tasks that require inhibition of a planned motor response and timing of a motor response to a sensory cue, and weakened activity in the right inferior prefrontal cortex and left caudate during a task that involves timing of a motor response to sensory clue
What are the main neurotransmitters with frontal-lobe function? Correct Answer: Catecholamines
There are many medications/supplements that have negative interactions with ADHD-related medications. What are SOME of them? Correct Answer: Anticonvulsants, Antihypertensives, caffeine-containing drugs, pseudoephedrine, MAOI's,
What appears to be the primary and perhaps only cause of ADHD? Correct Answer: Genetic Loading
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