"Hyperkinetic disorder" refers to a condition in which a person has excessive movement and difficulty paying attention or staying still. It is often used to describe children with symptoms similar to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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In addition, they obtained diagnoses
of hyperkinetic disorder among the cohort's children (at an average age of 11) from the Danish National Hospital Registry or the Danish Psychiatric Central Registry.
Most likely, you'll be seeing a lot of headlines today trumpeting the findings of a new study in JAMA Pediatrics about links between acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) use during pregnancy and later risk of ADHD or
hyperkinetic disorders in children.
The risks
for hyperkinetic disorder / ADHD in children were elevated 50 percent or more when the mothers had used the common painkiller for more than 20 weeks in pregnancy.
Some children with
primary hyperkinetic disorders will also be abused or subject to poor parenting, itself a risk factor for delinquency and for poor outcomes in ADHD (figure 2).
Adolescents with emotional, conduct and
hyperkinetic disorders who are experiencing psychotic symptoms may be at increased risk of suicide attempt
Functional polymorphism within the promotor of the serotonin transporter gene is associated with severe hyperkinetic disorders
Methylphenidate down - regulates the dopamine receptor and transporter system in children with attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder
The findings provide partial support for the ICD - 10 distinction
between hyperkinetic disorder (F90.0) and hyperkinetic conduct disorder (F90.1).
The researchers found that children whose mothers used acetaminophen during pregnancy were at a 13 percent to 37 percent higher risk of later receiving a hospital diagnosis
of hyperkinetic disorder, being treated with ADHD medications or having ADHD - like behaviors at age 7.
In a report in the current online edition of JAMA Pediatrics, researchers from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health show that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk in children of attention - deficity / hyperactivity disorder and
hyperkinetic disorder.
Hyperkinetic disorder is a particularly severe form of ADHD.
«The causes of ADHD and
hyperkinetic disorder are not well understood, but both environmental and genetic factors clearly contribute,» said Dr. Beate Ritz, professor and chair of the department of epidemiology at the Fielding School and one of the senior authors of the paper.
«Acetaminophen use during pregnancy, behavioral problems, and
hyperkinetic disorders.»
The severe combined ADHD is also referred to as hyperactivity or
hyperkinetic disorder.
Boys were twice as likely as girls to be identified as having a conduct or
hyperkinetic disorder.
In the tenth edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD - 10) the symptoms of ADD are given the name «
Hyperkinetic disorders».
Participants were prospectively recruited from child and adolescent psychiatry and child health clinics in the United Kingdom and included 240 clinic children who met diagnostic criteria for attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder or
hyperkinetic disorder.
Objective To examine whether children with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs; hyperkinetic conduct disorder, conduct disorder,
hyperkinetic disorder) characterized by low heart rate profit less from an intensive cognitive behavioral intervention aimed at reducing impulsive, oppositional and aggressive behavior problems.
The diagnoses characterized by greater agitation and aggressiveness were then categorized into «externalizing disorders» which included ADHD /
hyperkinetic disorders, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.
We included studies if ADHD was the main focus of the trial and participants were over five years old and had a clinical diagnosis of ADHD or
hyperkinetic disorder that was made by a specialist using the operationalised diagnostic criteria of the DSM - III / DSM - IV or ICD - 10.