Tuesday, September 01, 2009

The etiology and treatment of ADHD children


The cause of ADHD children in general are the following:
1, the insufficient number of brain neurotransmitters. Such as norepinephrine, dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the brain concentrations of reduced and weakened the central nervous system suppression activities to increase the child moves. Therefore, the ADHD children must be given to drug treatment. Non-breastfed children, parents should pay attention to this reason in particular.
2, organic brain damage. Mother, suffering from high blood pressure during pregnancy, thyroid hypertrophy, nephritis, anemia, low heat, threatened abortion, cold, etc.; childbirth abnormalities; children 1-2 years after birth, central nervous system infection or trauma. This children's susceptibility to ADHD.
3, genetic factors. Part of the view that the physical birth defects and organ abnormalities, chromosomal abnormalities, genetic factors such as parental mental illness will be affected to varying degrees the child's brain function, resulting in the congenital physical defects, leading to hyperactivity.
4, other factors. Inappropriate teaching methods and early intellectual development of excessive pressure on the environment far more than a child's psychological capacity, leading to a child's psychological development lags behind, lower self-control. In addition, excessive intake of artificial food colors, excessive lead content of food does not necessarily lead to lead poisoning, but may lead to ADHD.
ADHD treatment for children:
1, drug treatment. Drug therapy should be cautious, medication type, dosage and time should be the guidance of experts, close observation.
2, diet therapy. There is no sufficient evidence to sure what food and the occurrence of ADHD, but in the child's food should be avoided by adding artificial colors flavorings, preservatives and salicylic acid esters.
3, psychological treatment. This is to correct deviations from normal behavior for children to cultivate his good behavior, enhance learning capacity and social adaptability, the main method. In the training process, parents have the right attitude, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is morbid and should not be discrimination and abuse, so as not to increase the psychological trauma. You can also take the following methods:
Distributed learning: The child's learning time to split up to every 10 minutes and let him rest. Learning environment, should not be placed distracting things.
The timely evaluation method: When the child showed quiet to do homework, less petty when the time to give praise. On the contrary, it is necessary and timely criticism.
Procedural training method: Using the guiding language training, control and guide their children's behavior. If I would let him observe the adult himself homework, and then themselves, in the homework, the side of the write side of himself: I want to do their homework, and we should work hard, first question is what ... ...
Also, teach their children to a regular lifestyle. Experience has shown that these types of treatments can reduce the child's hyperactive behavior, in the long-standing basis, generally speaking, children's hyperactivity can be effectively controlled and corrected, so that normal development of psychology.

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