objective: evaluation and diagnosis are determinants of treatment outcome; therefore, diagnostic tools should be accurate. the purpose of the present research is construction and norm-finding of a rating scale for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). method: a checklist based on behavioral symptoms of adhd from clinical sources was constructed, based on interview wi...

children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) react explosively and inappropriately to emotional stimuli. it could be hypothesized that these children have some impairment in attending to emotional cues. based on this hypothesis, we conducted this study to evaluate visual directions of children with adhd towards paired emotional scenes.thirty boys between the ages of 6 and 11 ye...

objective: the purpose of this study is to compare the executive functions children and adolescents who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) with normal children. method: twenty children with adhd were compared to 19 healthy children terms of some executive functions using the computerized version of tower london, continuous performance test (cpt), and stroop color test. ...

objectives: this study investigates the impact of neurofeedback on perceptual-motor skills of 5 to 12 years old children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (adhd). methods: in this clinical study, 40 children between the ages of 5-12 years, who were patients of the tavanesh clinic and diagnosed with adhd, were randomly chosen and divided into two groups of control and test. 20-neurofee...

objective: nowadays, it is well known that the attentiondeficit/ hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is not confined to children and adolescents. recent data showed that a considerable portion of the general adult population may be affected by adhd. on the other hand, the impact of adhd on driving performance, a major area of adult life, has gained enthusiasm. more recent studies revealed an associat...

objective: attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a common psychiatric disorder with an early onset. investigation reveals that mothers of children with adhd higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptomatology than do mothers of comparison children. the aim of the present study was to compare anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mothers with adhd children with control group . method:...

introduction : behavioral disorder is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders among children. it can affect the psychological and social functions of all members of the family. this study has been caring out with the aim of determining the effect of positive parenting program (3p) on depression, anxiety, and stress level of mothers who had children suffering from attention deficit hyp...

objectives: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. children with adhd may experience significant functional problems. our objective was to examine the prevalence of adhd and its subtypes in iran. methods: pubmed, isi web of science, psychinfo, iranpsych, iranmedex, irandoc were searched. irandoc, iranmedex and iranpsych are iran...