ADHD in children has become a serious public health problem

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has become a serious public health problem in our country deserves wide attention of the whole society. To do this, published by the Institute of mental health, Peking University has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (hereinafter referred to as ADHD) latest survey.

ADHD, commonly known as ADHD, prevalence of mental disorders in school-aged children living in the first place, mainly for activities, and attention difficulties, emotional instability, impulse wayward and learning difficulties. And for a long time, clinicians general agreement that the incidence of ADHD in children is limited to childhood, with age will naturally ease and therefore did not receive due attention at the clinical prevention and treatment. In recent years an increasing number of follow-up study showed that as children grow older, a considerable part of the core symptoms of patients with not only failed to complete remission, comorbid significantly increased proportion of other behavior, mood disorder. About 65% of ADHD symptoms until adolescence or even adulthood, in the development of adult children with antisocial personality disorder, crime and the risk of alcohol abuse, drug abuse is 5-10 times the normal.

Famous experts on children\'s mental health, Institute of mental health, Peking University Professor WANG Yu-Feng, Director of the Research Office of the child at the meeting called for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children has become a serious public health problem in our country deserves wide attention of the whole society. Beijing ANDing hospital affiliated to capital University of medical sciences child psychiatric experience in Zhen Yi also said that hyperactivity disorder may be genetic, drinking or smoking and infection in mothers during pregnancy, exposure to toxic substances, such as traumatic brain injury related.

At present, the treatment of ADHD is the principal means drug combined with behavior therapy, in addition to drug treatment, supported by proper family education, school counselling for admission to the educational and social support. Drug treatment is preferred. Central nervous system stimulants is the use of a more extensive treatment, is the drug used is strictly controlled and generally has the potential risk of drug dependence. In recent years some new type of small non-central nervous system stimulant side effects of drug treatment has been widely adopted, requiring special attention is taken the drugs should continue to follow your doctor\'s instructions.