Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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The article I have chosen to summarize relates to a medical condition known as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Barbara A. Clay wrote about “Easing ADHD without Meds” presumably as there is a growing numbers of children and adult afflicted with the condition. As the article correctly observed, in the US alone, there are an estimated 7 percent of children ages 3-17 afflicted with ADHD. Hence, this alarming numbers have raised the concerns of many parents, psychologists and other health-care providers in continually looking for ways to treat or ease the effects associated with ADHD thru non-pharmacological approaches. As such, in this article a focus is on behavioral treatments for ADHD which are considered to be highly effective. Many psychologists are developing behavioral interventions that parents, teachers and others can use to help kids focus and control their impulses. This article is significant to me and to many others who are similarly situated in the sense that it explores additional coping mechanisms and treatment to children afflicted with ADHD, which in m...

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