ADD / ADHD is a medical problem that many people take issue with due to the fact that it is not well understood. It's a psychological condition which some people say is a serious problem and others insist is just a made-up phenomenon which parents use as an excuse for their children's unruly behavior. New medical findings may help to end that argument.
"A new study compares the brain scans of about 450 children, monitoring 40,000 sites in the brain. It found that kids with ADHD had a region in the front of their brains that developed about three years slower than children who didn't have the condition. It also found that the section of their brains that controls movement matured faster than kids without ADHD."
There are different kinds of ADHD with different types of symptoms which hasn't exactly contributed to the better understanding of the disease among the general public. These two sections of the brain relate directly to two of the major symptoms of these different types of ADHD (hyperactivity and inattention). This helps to explain the different types of the disease that we have seen develop in children.
This study is important because it helps lend credibility to the case for ADHD as a serious problem. This will allow it to be taken more seriously by parents and educators. More importantly, it gives the medical community a leg to stand on when researching new treatments for ADHD. Parents and children alike can benefit from relieved symptoms when ADHD is identified and treated.
