ADHD and ADD are disorders characterized by inattention and hyperactivity. ADHD includes symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness, while ADD primarily involves inattentiveness. Both can be caused by genetic and environmental factors and are most common in children aged 4-17. Treatments include behavior modification, medication, or a combination to reduce symptoms.

1. By: Kelsey

2. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or
ADHD is a disorder characterized by a
persistent pattern of inattention and/or
hyperactivity.

3.  Heredity: from parent to child
 Exposure to toxic chemicals: such as lead
 Injury to the brain; brain tumors, trauma,
stroke, or disease that effected the brain
 Smoking, drinking, and doing drugs while
pregnant
 Pesticides

4. When children and adults have ADHD they have
different symptoms. Children’s are the more
common symptoms.
Symptoms in children:
 Hyperactivity
 Impulsivity
 Inattentiveness

5. Adults symptoms are more advanced when
they have ADHD.
Symptoms in adults:
 Restlessness
 Problems with interpersonal relationships
 Problems with employment
ADHD can also be accompanied with obsessive-
compulsive disorder or OCD.

6. 1. Combined ADHD: you have all of the
symptoms; hyperactivity, impulsivity, and
inattentiveness
2. Hyperactive-impulsive ADHD: hyperactivity
without inattentiveness
3. Inattentive ADHD (now known as ADD):
attention and concentration

7. There is no real treatment that can completely
treat ADHD but there are some that can help
decrease the amount of symptoms someone
has. Such as:
 Behavior modification
 Medication
 Or both together
 Psychotherapy

8.  ADHD most common in young children and
teens.
 Most common in children ages 4 to 17.
 Some adults may have it, but that is
normally only if they had it as a child.
This graph shows
the percentage of
children that have
ADHD.

9. Germany China
This graph shows the percentage of 4 school-aged boys to each girl
have ADHD.

10.  Karina Smirnoff:
Dancing with the Stars
 Michael Phelps:
Olympian who won
18 gold metals
Ty Pennington: Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition

11.  Paris Hilton: reality
TV star
 Bruce Jenner: Keeping
Up with the Kardashians
And former Olympian

12. Attention deficit disorder or ADD is a disorder
that is characterized by excessive activity
and the inability to concentrate on one task
for any length of time.

13. The causes of ADD is the same as ADHD. The
cause are:
 Heredity
 Exposure to toxic chemicals: such as lead
 Injury to the brain: such as brain trauma,
tumors, stroke, or any disease
 Smoking, drinking, and doing drugs while
pregnant
 Pesticides

14. There is many symptoms that you can see
when someone has ADD. They are:
 Failure to attend to details, written or
spoken
 Forgetfulness, absentmindness
 Difficulty listening to, and carrying out,
instructions
 Appear to not be listening when spoken to
 Can only focus on something for a short
period of time

15. Treatment for ADD is the same as ADHD. There
is no real treatment to get rid of it, but
there is some ways that can reduce it. They
are:
 Behavior modification
 Medication
 Or both
 Psychotherapy

16. There is some medications that can help with
ADD. They are:
 Ritalin
 Adderall
 Dexedrine

17.  ADD is really common in school-aged children
which is from around the age 4-18.
 More than 2 million school-aged children
have been diagnosed with ADD
 It affects 3 to 5 percent of all the
population in the United States mostly
children.
In this graph, it shows
That mostly Puerto Ricans
Have ADD.

18.  Terry Bradshaw:
former quarterback for
the Pittsburgh Steelers
 CarlLewis: Olympic gold
medalist in field and track
 Jason Kidd: basketball player
for the New York Knicks

19. The main difference between ADHD and ADD is
that ADHD is when someone is hyperactive
and ADD does not have that as one of the
main symptoms.

20.  Sir George Frederick Still discovered ADHD in
1902
 Sir Alexander Crichton discovered ADD in
1798
- These were also the first times someone
was diagnosed with the disorders.

21. ANY
QUESTIONS?