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02 WHAT IS ADHD?3 STEP PROCESS FOR DIAGNOSING ADHD 11. THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL WILLLOOK FOR INDICATORS OF ADHD● Significant under-performance at school,despite a normal intellect and no majorspecific learning disabilities● Behavioural problems which are considerablyworse than would be expected for thestandard of parenting and home environment72. THEY WILL EXCLUDE BEHAVIOURS ORCONDITIONS THAT COULD BEMISCONSTRUED AS ADHD● Intellectual disability; hearing impairment;specific learning disabilities; behaviourattributable to a normal active pre-schoolchild; autism; Asperger’s Syndrome; epilepsy;depression; brain injury or family dysfunction73. THEY ALSO USE OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS● DSM-IV or ICD-10 criteria 3,8●●●Questionnaires completed by the specialist, parents and teachers e.g. Conners Teacher and ParentRating ScalesTests which measure the length and type of mental process (psychometric tests and profiles)Tests of attention and persistence e.g. Continuous Performance TestIn the future, technology may also play a part in the diagnostic process. Brain structure and imaging studies,such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), have found differences between ADHD patients and individualswho do not have ADHD. 9 MRI studies have shown that children with ADHD have ‘underactive’ parts of thebrain, when involved in specific activities such as a task that involves executive functioning, and that thedifferences (between the brains of children with ADHD compared to those of other children) remain consistent10, 11, 12over time.BRAIN WITHOUT ADHDBRAIN WITH ADHDDiagram 1: The pictures above show the differing activation of the brain in people with and without ADHDunder specific test conditions. 10Page 5
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