Family Tips

Hyperactivity which declare itself in deficiency of attention and impulsive behavior is the disorder to some extent touching up to 20 % of children in an elementary school. Nevertheless, this medical condition is recognized not by all doctors and psychiatrists. And unrofessional environment is full of the most various myths about hyperactivity, the majority of which has nothing in common with the reality. And what is the reality?

Hyperactivity is really medical disorder.
This diagnosis has been officially recognized by the main medical, psychiatric and educational organizations worldwide. The syndrome of attention deficiency and hyperactivity is one of forms of the minimal brain dysfunctions. This syndrome has the biological nature. Researches show that in its basis lies disbalance of chemical transmitters - neurotransmitters - in a brain of the child.
There are various opinions on the reasons of hyperactivity development. It can be genetic factors, features of a structure and functioning of the brain, birth traumas, and infectious diseases of a pregnant woman or the child in the first months of a life, etc.
Primary symptoms of hyperactivity are inattention, inability to be focused for a long time, impulsiveness and restlessness. Hyperactive people have problems in some aspects of a daily life, especially in the areas demanding organization and time sense.