Attention Deficit Disorder Diagnosis

In this area you will find a variety of informative articles to help you better
understand the diagnosis and testing related to Attention Deficit Disorder.

Cause of ADD

Causes of ADD
An interesting article by Steven Ledingham about the triad of ADD Behaviors and some of what we understand to be the causes of ADD.

More Causes of ADD
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Diagnostic Criteria for ADD and ADHD

Diagnostic Criteria for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder
Informative article by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D.

Testing for ADD
An section from Steven Ledingham's book "Living With ADD"

Check List for ADD Behaviors
A good check list supplied from "Astroldy"

Newly revised and expanded self-test for ADD Behaviors
This now incorporates more important areas and behaviors than the previous version

General Adult ADD Symptom Checklist
Provided by Dr. Daniel Amen

DSM 4
Diagnostic Criteria for ADD

Listing of Disabilities
Excellent listing of the different disabilities from the Instant
Access Treasure Chest

Additional Resources

NIH
National Institute of Health. This will keep you busy for a while.

Anxiety Disorders
The National Institute of Health, great reference.

National Institute Of Health
Considered as the NIH top choices of www sites

The Dyslexic Reader
Lots of good information

The Gifted Development Center
Information about learning, dyslexia and other related topics

Gifted Education
A new resource on the web

Project ASSIST, What is Dyslexia

The Orton Dyslexia Society

Davis Dyslexia Association International, Dyslexia: The Gift

Learning Disabilities Association

duPont Hospital for Children, Child Health Talk

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