There are some students around us who are energetic and active all day. At home, they jump up and down and rummage, which is a headache for parents. In school, they talk in class, do small movements, quarrel with students after class, and make trouble, which has become the "thorn in the eye" of teachers. People usually say, 'the kids in this family are so hyperactive that they must have ADHD. 'so, hyperactivity must be ADHD?
In fact, there is such a kind of behavior disorder in medicine, which is called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is often called ADHD. It is estimated that three to five out of every 100 children may have ADHD, usually more boys than girls. ADHD is not a heinous thing. Da & middot; Vinci, a great painter and scientist during the Italian Renaissance, was thought to have ADHD in his childhood. Five of the 44 presidents of the United States had ADHD in their childhood. American swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, was also diagnosed with ADHD when he was a child.
According to modern medicine, 'ADHD' is usually characterized by 'attention deficit' and 'hyperactivity', accompanied by emotional instability, impulsiveness and other symptoms, which are different from the traditional concept of ADHD. There is a set of systematic diagnostic criteria for ADHD, which must be diagnosed by specialists.
Lively and active is the nature of children, they are energetic, full of curiosity about the new things around them, and everyone has their own personality characteristics, some are introverted and quiet, some are outgoing and lively. To see if a child has ADHD, we should seek the help of a specialist, rather than simply label a hyperactive child with ADHD.