BACKGROUND We examined attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescents with epilepsy and the association with seizure-related and sociodemographic variables. METHODS Strengths and Weakness of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Normal Behaviors rating scale was administered to 122 children with epilepsy and 50 children with asthma, aged 10 to 18 years attending mains...

attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ad/hd) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood which involves behavioral and learning disturbances in children.  in addition, the disorder usually causes some problems in a child’s interaction with the peer group and family members. the present research addresses the comparative effectiveness of behavior parent training (bpt)...

OBJECTIVE To investigate hematologic variables related to iron deficiency and food intake in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. METHOD The sample comprised 62 children and adolescents (6-15 years old) divided into three groups: Group 1: 19 (30.6%) patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder using methylphenidate for 3 months; Group 2: 22 (35.5%) patients with attention-defic...

the aim of this study is the normalization of the wender utah rating scale which is used to detect adults with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (adhd). available sampling method was used to choose 400 parents of children (200 parents of children with adhd as compared to 200 parents of normal children). wender utah rating scale, which has been designed to diagnose adhd in adults, is ...

OBJECTIVE To describe some recent theories regarding the comorbidity between attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders and discuss the utility of using spontaneously hypertensive rats (an animal model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) for the study of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders comorbidity. METHOD We compiled the ...