Behavioral and psychological changes have been associated with thyroid dysfunction in humans for several hundred years. About two-thirds of human patients with attention deficithyperactivity disorder were found to be hypothyroid in a recent study, and supplementing them with thyroxine was largely curative. In animals, hyperthyroid cats tend to be more irritable and show increased vocalization, ...

For a number of years, clinicians and researchers have recognized the existence of a subgrouping of children who exhibit chronic and pervasive signs of inattention, impulsivity, and physical restlessness, as well as deficiencies in rule-governed behavior, which deviate significantly from age and gender expectations (Barkley; 1981; Ross & Ross, 1982; Wender, 1971). Since first being identified b...

Anak dengan gangguan Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) memiliki masalah pada pemusatan perhatian dan cenderung hiperaktif dalam berkegiatan, salah satu pemicu sikap anak ialah makanan. Makanan yang tidak terkontrol dapat menyebabkan hiperaktivitas meningkat emosi stabil. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tantangan kesulitan orangtua menuntun ADHD berdiet serta solusi ditemu...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, khajeh a. does electroencephalography contribute to examining children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? iran j child neurol. 2014 summer;8(3): 65-67. letter to editor, has not abstract. references swaiman kenneth f as, ferriero d, schor n. pediatric neurology: principles & practice. 5th ed. philadelphia: elsevier/saunders; 2012. p.622-628. sado...

background :co-morbid psychiatric disorders affect prognosis, psychosocial adjustment and post-surgery satisfaction in patients with gender identity disorder. in this paper, we assessed the frequency of personality disorders in iranian gid patients.   methods : seventy- three patients requesting sex reassignment surgery (srs) were recruited for this cross- sectional study. of the participants, ...

background :5httlpr polymorphism (5- hydroxytryptamine transporter linked promoter region polymorphism) is the most widely studied genetic variant in psychiatry. the present study is a modest effort at ascertaining the role of 5ht transporter linked promoter region polymorphism (5httlpr) in anxiety and depressive disorders in kashmir (india).the aim of this study was to examine 5-hydroxy trypta...

objective in this article, a motor skill disorder called developmental coordination disorder (dcd), that is usually first diagnosed during childhood, is explained and discussed. in the year 1987, dcd was formally recognized as a distinct disorder in children by the american psychiatric association  (apa). dcd is a generalized term for the children who have some degrees of impairment in the deve...