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Brain Chemicals & the ADHD Diagnosis

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From Quick Guide: ADHD In Children 101

Summary: How Brain Chemicals affect ADHD Diagnosis in this free children's health video.

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By Brenda F. Dixon
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Brenda F. Dixon is a trained personal coach, mentor, and counselor concerned with the conditions of the minds and hearts of people. Her teachings are an unforgettable experience and...read more

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"Hi, I'm Brenda F. Dixon, the owner of Life Help Now in Nashville, Tennessee and we're here today with Expert Village. I want to tell you a little bit more about our topic of how to identify ADHD and handle ADHD in children. ADHD has a kind of a shortage of chemicals in the brain that helps, if they had the chemical in the brain it would help them to be organize. But actually they become more disorganized in their life. So probably the best way to understand ADHD is that chemical is really just not, it's just a shortage in the brain. So children, I want to talk to you a little bit about their symptoms. Children that are hyperactive are so fidgety, they cannot sit still, they are in motion all the time. I've had parents come to me in the counseling room and say what do I do, this child will not sit still, they're in motion all day? Teachers actually say the same thing about the children. They're moving their hands, their faces, they're jumping, they're running, they're in movement all the time. So that's one of the traits, one of the symptoms of ADHD for a hyperactive child to just be in constant motion."

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