Attention deficit hypersensitivity disorder

Attention deficit hypersensitivity disorder

Introduction

Attention, deficit hypersensitivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental psychological disorder and is characterized by; extreme activity, acting, and reacting without minding the repercussions and trouble in paying attention. In other cases, people with this kind of disease find it difficult to control their emotions. In the recent past, there has been increased diagnosis for ADHD condition. The suspected reasons for this increased diagnosis are; pressure from parents who want their children to do better in school hence force them to take the magic pills. Additionally, parents have been associated with giving the children melatonin pills to help get sleep at night. Consequently, children are turned to electronic games during the day. These unhealthy have been associated with increased cases of ADHD.

Diagnosis

Although ADHD has been described as a genetic disorder, children’s exposure to electronic devices and increased game times has significantly increased ADHD diagnosis in that; children gain a lot of structure, control, and meaning from these games. Hence they find pleasure in imposing those controls themselves instead of their parents. As a result, children develop close attention to electronic games and low attendance at school work. Parents who are working need more time for their jobs, and for this to happen, children have either be indoors or are left in daycare centers. Increased indoor time has proven that it can be a reason for increased cases of ADHD.

Negative effects

Effects of stimulants can either be short term or long term. The short term effects are loss of appetite, elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, irritability panic, hallucination, and interrupted sleep patterns. Long term effects include; addiction, increased high blood pressures, Impotence, seizures, chronic insomnia, heart failure nutrition deficiencies, among others. Increased use of stimulants may result in chronic severe mental effects such as paranoia, psychosis, and suicidal tendencies. Treatment of these disorders can be expensive and may require a society’s involvement in financing and engagement in rehabilitation services. Additionally, the high costs of treatment of these disorders may lead to high levels of poverty due to a significant financial burden associated with the medication. The effects of stimulants can lead to parents neglecting their children because of they not capable of providing to them.

Student two response

The student has identified what he thinks are the leading causes of increased diagnosis of ADHD. Some of the identified reasons are kids are spending more time watching TV, playing video games, and on their phones rather than going outside and playing. Sleep deprivation, poor sleep habits, and the use of magic pills for academic excellence could be another cause. The student should have included the parent and children structures, which makes parents become flexible and give their children freedom so that not to inhibit their greatness. This structure eventually leads to ADHD related symptoms in children hence the increased diagnosis.

ADHD is a disorder, mostly originates and disturbs the brain in many ways. It is the responsibility of the brain to controls and adjusts all physiological actions and conveying duties to other areas within it. With this regard, it can perform the following functions, namely, performance, reception of sensory information, initiation, and organization of voluntary and involuntary actions, behavioral control, among others. This is attained by neurotransmitters that transmit nervous incentives transversely across synapses to other relevant neurons.