Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Focused Overview for Children’s Environmental Health Researchers | Zendy

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Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Focused Overview for Children’s Environmental Health Researchers

Author(s) -

Andréa Aguiar,

Paul A. Eubig,

Susan L. Schantz

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1002326

Subject(s) - neuropsychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , psychology , executive functions , meta analysis , cognition , alertness , vigilance (psychology) , clinical psychology , executive dysfunction , cognitive flexibility , neurochemistry , developmental psychology , psychiatry , cognitive psychology , neurology , medicine

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most frequently diagnosed childhood neurobehavioral disorder. Much research has been done to identify genetic, environmental, and social risk factors for ADHD; however, we are still far from fully understanding its etiology. In this review we provide an overview of diagnostic criteria for ADHD and what is known about its biological basis. We also review the neuropsychological functions that are affected in ADHD. The goal is to familiarize the reader with the behavioral deficits that are hallmarks of ADHD and to facilitate comparisons with neurobehavioral deficits associated with environmental chemical exposures.

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