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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: An introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2015

Fred Gravestock
Fred Gravestock*
Affiliation:
Child and Family Therapy Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane
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Abstract

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of numerous explanations for ongoing behaviour disturbance in children both at home and school. With an incidence rate of between 5% and 10% in the general population, it accounts for a significant percentage of patients presented at child guidance facilities. It is a pervasive and chronic developmental disorder as apparent from its natural course. Treatment, while effective in the short-term, has limited impact on the long-term prospects for these children. Current research in multi-modal, long-term treatment is however producing more positive results. Presentation of research findings on the classroom behaviour of ADHD are followed by consideration of several methods for assessing the disorder. The paper concludes with a brief outline of the role teachers, guidance officers and school counsellors can play in this major childhood disorder.

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Queensland Journal of Guidance and Counselling , Volume 2 , November 1988 , pp. 17 - 28
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1988

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