PSYCH 477 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Heritability, Frontal Lobe, Etiology

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5-7 % of school-age children and adolescents. Adhd found in about 50% of children referred for treatment. Boys > girls: 2. 5: 1; in clinic samples, 6:1. Thus, how can we identify preschoolers at risk for. Children with adhd can be reliably identified around age 3 years. Around age three we can detect very clear symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity. Tracked development with intensive tracking of symptoms, family relationships, school performance etc. Mother at (cid:498)wit"s end(cid:499) didn"t know how t cope. First noticed at 9 months old, as a toddler he showed violent temper tantrums, moved rapidly from one toy to another, similar to humming bird. Ran through battery of behavioral tests impulsivity and hyperactivity and these tests were normed for 3 year old. Robbie was described as having loving relationship with mom, parents have marital discord, divorce. Short attention span, excitability with peers, low frustration tolerance, Difficult as a baby, wasn"t cuddly, hard to sooth, active all the time.

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