Attention Deficit Disorder in Children.Is the Present Diagnostic Workup Appropriate and Uniform and

• 作 者: NatanGadoth;
• 机 构: Department of Neurology Tel Aviv University Israel
• 出 处: 2011第二届国际神经科技大会
• 发表日期: 2011年期

　　Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is a neuro-behavioral developmental syndrome which affects 3-7 percent of school children aged 6-12 years and as many as 10 percent of healthy older children.In the last 2 decades more than 25% of school children are diagnosed with ADD and in late adolescence, students in senior class as many as 50% are taking stimulant drugs either daily or before examinations.This "ADD epidemic" calls for caution and requires a revision of the diagnostic tolls used and their validity.