The Misdiagnosis of Children with ADHD

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Economic Challenges Challenges due to poverty could be addressed by providing financial assistance, food, and clothing. Time spent with parents is essential when dealing with children who have behavioral issues because parents or guardians may not have the funds or time to spend with their children due to other obligations needed to support the family. Parents and guardians play a major role in helping children grow and develop to their fullest potential. As children grow, they depend on their parents or guardians for basic needs and support such as food, shelter, education, protection, and care. During their life difficulties and times of crisis, they depend on family for guidance. Mental disorders in childhood and adolescence can be chronic, require proper attention, help, and support from caregivers and teachers as well. Parents and guardians living with children with mental illness disorders have additional responsibilities and roles to care for them as they do for healthy children. The best way to help those families are to have them participate in their own income generating activities such as respite services or programs accepted by Medicaid where they receive counseling from social workers or other healthcare professional. Pelham et al. (2007) found that using a cost of illness (COI) framework examines the economic impact of ADHD in childhood and adolescences and identified studies; therefore, most conducted on existing databases by using diagnostic and medical procedure codes focused on health care costs. The costs were examined for ADHD treatment and other health care costs, education, parental work loss, and juvenile justice. According to Pelham et al. (2007), this incomplete evidence base estimated that annu... ... middle of paper ... ... Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Its Diagnosis and Treatment. (2012, September 13). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/features/adhd-key-findings-play.html Pelham, W., Foster, E., & Robb, J. The Economic Impact of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents, Volume 7, Issue January 2007, Supplement, Pages 121-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.08.002. Sherman, J., Rasmussen, C., & Baydala, L. The impact of teacher factors on achievement and behavioral outcomes of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Volume 50, Issue April 2008, Pages 347-350. doi: 10.1080/00131880802499803. U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2012 American Community Survey. Retrieved from http://www.factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS

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