I see
ADHD as a trait, not a disability.
Not exact matches
I've realized that a high number of entrepreneurs share many of the same
traits as the
ADHD patients I've treated, including a lust for stimulation and a willingness to take risks.
But classic
ADHD traits, such
as impulsivity and a disorganized life, have also been described in several thinkers, such
as Albert Einstein, Salvador Dalí, Winston Churchill.
«This led us to hypothesize that there might be an attention - distractibility
trait that all of us have to some degree, and the clinical end of the spectrum is seen
as ADHD.»
In the meantime,
as parents and teachers do the best they can, they must remember that
ADHD children possess many positive
traits.
Genes regulating the cerebral levels of important neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin, GABA, etc.) or signal transmission efficiency (neurotransmitter receptors and genes) have been targeted in association studies of major psychiatric disorders such
as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (
ADHD), and autism [84],
as well
as of personality
traits [85].
Temperament
traits may increase risk for developmental psychopathology like Attention - Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (
ADHD) and disruptive behaviors during childhood,
as well
as predisposing to substance abuse during adolescence.
Elevated levels of CU
traits in childhood account for unique variance in the prediction of later antisocial outcomes, over and above influences of competing disruptive behaviors; such
as symptoms of conduct disorder (CD) and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (
ADHD)[1].
Table 2 shows descriptive statistics for children's DBD symptoms (i.e., CP and
ADHD symptoms) and CU
traits, and parental emotion socialization variables;
as well
as the bivariate correlations among these variables.
Simple effects of callous - unemotional
traits were tested in a general linear model (GLM) with age, IQ,
ADHD symptoms, and PDS and PESQ scores added
as covariates of no interest.