If our child wants to play Internet-based games, which sites are OK? [The Neuroscience Behind Video Game Obsession] Sit down with your child to discuss the rules and explain how they’ll be enforced. Let’s say, your daughter is allowed to spend 30 minutes playing computer games on ...
It’s normal to deal with distractions during the day, but in some cases, distractibility could be a sign of ADHD.Stocksy Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m so ADHD,” describing being easily distracted? Although stereotypes suggest that difficulty focusing must mean you have attention ...
Undoubtedly, risk of car accidents is higher in people with ADHD. The aim of this article is to explore factors that could explain the occurrence of road accidents in patients with ADHD and to highlight prevention points. Indeed, reduction of risky driving is an important priority for public ...
Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) hasbeen in the spotlightlately, with comedian Em Rusciano detailing, at the National Press Club, her journey to diagnosis and how she now reflects on her younger self. There has been a growing awareness of ADHD, alifelong, neurodevelopmental co...
2. An overemphasis on comorbidities blinds clinicians to ADHD. Clinicians, wrongly convinced that ADHD in women and girls is outside the arena of possibility, tend to explain more easily observable symptoms through other conditions, including anxiety and depression as well as conduct problems.5 Of...
This doesn’t mean they need to do your work with you, but rather, their presence provides a gentle nudge of accountability, keeping you anchored to your tasks. Explain to them how body doubling helps you, and discuss ways you can mutually benefit from this arrangement, perhaps by doubling ...
Another benefit of therapy for ADHD is that it may teach you to challenge negative beliefs about your abilities and personal characteristics. When you reinforce the positive within you, you may be able to build the motivation to increase your skills and personal growth. ...
Deficits in working memory explain why children and adults with ADHD struggle with tasks such as staying on track, keeping organized, and finishing projects. A 2020 study published in the journalNeuropsychologyfound that the majority of children with ADHD displayed impairments in working memory.4Previo...
ADHD mums with ADHD children constantly live with the intense daily pressure of feeling they need to excel and constantly expecting to fail. They are tormented every day and live with crippling shame, intense guilt and anxiety. They constantly feel frazzled and unable to explain why their dumb ...
First, to ensure that the children understood the story, they were asked to retell it. If children were not able to describe and explain the story, the following questions were not asked. In the samples of this present study, all children understood the eight stories. Second, to assess ...