Page Topic: ADD Disorder

ADD DISORDER.

Attention Deficit Disorder, is a psychological term currently applied to anyone who meets the diagnostic criteria for impulsivity, hyperactivity and/or inattention. The diagnostic criteria are subjective and include behavior which might be caused by a wide variety of factors, ranging from brain defects to allergies to giftedness. ADD/Attention Deficit Disorder as currently defined, is a highly subjective description, not a specific disease.

Confusion and controversy is caused by the tendency of some mental health professionals to assume that everyone diagnosed with ADD has some mysterious, irreversible brain defect. This assumption has its roots in the very first group of severely ADD people ever studied, who suffered from encephalitis, or a swelling of the brain. We also have learned that birth defects and brain injury from toxic chemicals such as lead often cause ADD. However, over the last several decades the ADD diagnostic criteria have been so broadened as to include many people with no brain defects at all.

ADD is such a vastly growing diagnosis that many teens are turning to outside help to find treatment for there disorder. If your teen has been diagnosed with ADD please call us today, we can help.