Monday, October 17, 2011

New Guidelines for ADHD

10/17/11. The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new guidelines for diagnosing ADHD in children as young as four years old.

A reliable method to diagnose preschool children with ADHD is to count the number of rings under the parents' eyes.

ADHD is a neurophysiological disorder --- children are born with it --- so treating young children with ADHD with medication who do not respond to behavioral methods makes sense.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-aap-ages-diagnosis-treatment-adhd.html

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