Adhd Affects the Family
How ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) Affects the Family
Cheyenne Kreitler
General Psychology: PSY 1130 AAW1
June 26, 2013
Barkley, R. A. (2010). Taking charge of adult ADHD. New York: Guilford Press. In this book, Barkley states an adult doesn’t have to be hyperactive to have adult ADHD. This book will help someone if they are struggling to cope with ADHD. More than 11 million adults have ADHD in the United States alone; get help if you need it. You are not alone. ADHD creates daily problems and challenges for adults in their lives. Also in this book, it tells how to get help, why you have ADHD, or even what stimulants can do one’s body. It actually asks the reader questions about their experiences with ADHD, and has check boxes for you to check if you buy the book. To have sudden, short term symptoms usually rules out ADHD. 98% of ADHD starts before age 16; it just goes untreated or unnoticed.
Cettina, T. (October, 2012). Should You Label Your Kid? (US Ed.). Retrieved June 25, 2013 http://infoweb.newsbank.com.www.mineralarea.edu:2048/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=142AC7FE41593ED0&p_docnum=7&s_doc_type=doc&p_queryname=800&p_product=PPCT&p_theme=newcat&p_nbid=D69C56BPMTM3MjE4MDAwMy45MTc4NzI6MToxNDoxNTAuMTk5LjE3NC41Ng
In this periodical, the main idea is that labels don’t matter to children. Your children are still going to love you in the end. They may not understand why they act the way they do because of what is going on inside their brain’s or what the doctors are diagnosing them with. The labels matter to parents, but the parents want the labels to be correct. The parents do not want to take a chance of getting a wrong label and have their child take medicine that won’t help them get correct what is wrong in the neurological areas of the brain. Also in this periodical, it mentions the quicker you pinpoint what is wrong with the child, the faster you can get the support or medication he or
Cheyenne Kreitler
General Psychology: PSY 1130 AAW1
June 26, 2013
Barkley, R. A. (2010). Taking charge of adult ADHD. New York: Guilford Press. In this book, Barkley states an adult doesn’t have to be hyperactive to have adult ADHD. This book will help someone if they are struggling to cope with ADHD. More than 11 million adults have ADHD in the United States alone; get help if you need it. You are not alone. ADHD creates daily problems and challenges for adults in their lives. Also in this book, it tells how to get help, why you have ADHD, or even what stimulants can do one’s body. It actually asks the reader questions about their experiences with ADHD, and has check boxes for you to check if you buy the book. To have sudden, short term symptoms usually rules out ADHD. 98% of ADHD starts before age 16; it just goes untreated or unnoticed.
Cettina, T. (October, 2012). Should You Label Your Kid? (US Ed.). Retrieved June 25, 2013 http://infoweb.newsbank.com.www.mineralarea.edu:2048/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=142AC7FE41593ED0&p_docnum=7&s_doc_type=doc&p_queryname=800&p_product=PPCT&p_theme=newcat&p_nbid=D69C56BPMTM3MjE4MDAwMy45MTc4NzI6MToxNDoxNTAuMTk5LjE3NC41Ng
In this periodical, the main idea is that labels don’t matter to children. Your children are still going to love you in the end. They may not understand why they act the way they do because of what is going on inside their brain’s or what the doctors are diagnosing them with. The labels matter to parents, but the parents want the labels to be correct. The parents do not want to take a chance of getting a wrong label and have their child take medicine that won’t help them get correct what is wrong in the neurological areas of the brain. Also in this periodical, it mentions the quicker you pinpoint what is wrong with the child, the faster you can get the support or medication he or