Reducing Your Risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Because the known risk factors for ADHD are out of your control, there are currently no guidelines for reducing your (or your child’s) risk of ADHD. As our understanding of ADHD grows, your doctor may have more information regarding steps for reducing your risk.
Understanding ADHD will help you identify its symptoms, minimize the consequences, and get appropriate treatment early on. Early Recognition of the behavioral, emotional, and social factors that aggravate the condition can lead to interventions that help reduce its severity. Proper treatment can prevent problems later in life with school, work, relationships, and drug and alcohol abuse .
References:
About AD/HD and ADD. National Resources Center on AD/HD website. Available at: http://www.help4adhd.org/en/about. Accessed January 13, 2010.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). National Institute of Mental Health website. Available at: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/index.shtml. Updated January 2010. Accessed January 13, 2010.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) fact sheet. Attention Deficit Disorder Association website. Available at: http://www.add.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=92510orgId=atdda. Publshed 1998. Accessed March 31, 2007.
Understanding AD/HD. Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder website. Available at: http://www.chadd.org/Content/CHADD/Understanding/Causes/default.htm. Accessed March 31, 2007.
Last reviewed December 2009 by Ryan Estevez, MD, PhD, MPH
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