NR 602 Week 2 Grand Rounds – ADHD

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Hello, my name is Amie Seitz this presentation on ADD/ADHD and is given for the NR 602 July 2019 session. This presentation will review the disease and its background; including Incidence, prevalence,... pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and the clinical practice guideline, or CPG. What is ADD and ADHD? ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder is an inability to focus both is social situations, schoolwork, and even in everyday tasks like personal hygiene. Similarly, ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder this is a behavioral, emotional, and developmental condition that also effects social interaction and schoolwork but has the added component of hyperactivity (Brown et al., 2017). ADHD is considered a heterogeneous disease, therefore making treatment a challenge (Albrecht, Sandersleben, Gevensleben, & Rothenberger, 2015). Often the most significant difference between ADD and ADHD is that ADHD kids are described as being driven like a motor. Other common signs and symptoms of ADHD may include inattention, persistent patterns of poor concentration, poor executive function, trouble starting and finishing tasks, overactivity, and impulsivity (Ahmann, 2017; Albrecht, Sandersleben, Gevensleben, & Rothenberger, 2015; Silbert-Flagg & Sloand, 2017). Many of the signs and symptoms of ADD/ADHD will follow these children into adulthood. [Show More]

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