1. ADHD is attention deficit hyperactivity disease.
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2. ADHD was once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction.
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3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders among children.
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4. ADHD is a diagnosis applied to children and adults who consistently display certain characteristic behaviors over a period of time. The most common behaviors fall into three categories: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
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5. Signs of inattention include becoming easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds, failing to pay attention to details and making careless mistakes, rarely following instructions carefully, and completely losing or forgetting things like toys, or pencils, books, and tools needed for a task.
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6. Signs of hyperactivity or impulsivity include feeling restless, often fidgeting with hands or feet, squirming running, climbing, or leaving a seat (in situations where sitting or quiet behavior is expected), blurting out answers before hearing the whole question, having difficulty waiting in line or for a turn.
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7. Many things can produce the same behaviors as signs of ADHD.
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8. The cause of ADHD is well known.
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9. Psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians, family physicians and neurologists can all diagnose ADHD.
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10. Medications are not used to treat ADHD.
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