Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder According to the DSM IV, Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity is defined as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity- impulsity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development. Some of there symptoms of inattentiveness and hyperactivity must have been present before age seven, however most people are not diagnosed until years later although the symptoms have been present. In order to …

…to treat it. Counseling may also be used to help build self-esteem that has been damaged due to the disorder. Modern psychological treatments can result in actually changing mental functioning which would mean a change in brain functioning. If they can change the brain functioning then the brain chemistry can be altered without medication. The research indicates that changing the brain functioning which results in a change in brain chemistry would remain permanent over time.