Prevalencia del trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad en niños y niñas de 6 a 9 años escolarizados de la ciudad de Barranquilla
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2009
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Contreras., A. F.
Lobo, S. J.
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Ediciones Universidad Simón Bolívar
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales
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Durante los últimos años diferentes investigaciones han encontrado que el Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad (TDAH) se describe como entidad clínica desde 1854 y ha sido conocido con diferentes términos; su etiología es desconocida y su prevalencia en otros países se ha considerado entre el 6 y 9% de los niños escolarizados. Su presentación se asocia con dificultades cognoscitivas que afectan diferentes aspectos de la vida del individuo, incluyendo aprendizaje, trabajo y relaciones interpersonales, es así como el TDAH es un trastorno comportamental de inicio en la infancia que se ha descrito desde la antigüedad, y que ha quedado reflejado en la sociedad a través de documentos literarios o artísticos, otros hallazgos apuntan hacia el llamado síndrome del hemisferio derecho. Este síndrome clínico, descrito inicialmente por Voeller (1986), señalaría al hemisferio derecho disfuncional como responsable de un déficit de atención, de la integración visuoespacial
In recent years various investigations have found that Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is described as a clinical entity since 1854 and has been known by different terms, its etiology is unknown and its prevalence in other countries has been considered among the 6 and 9% of school children. His presentation is associated with cognitive difficulties that affect different aspects of an individual's life, including learning, work and interpersonal relations, so as ADHD is a behavioral disorder of childhood onset has been described since antiquity, and has reflected in society through literary or artistic documents, other findings point to the right hemisphere's syndrome. This clinical syndrome, first described by Voeller (1986), signal to right hemisphere dysfunction as responsible for a deficit of attention, visuospatial integration
In recent years various investigations have found that Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is described as a clinical entity since 1854 and has been known by different terms, its etiology is unknown and its prevalence in other countries has been considered among the 6 and 9% of school children. His presentation is associated with cognitive difficulties that affect different aspects of an individual's life, including learning, work and interpersonal relations, so as ADHD is a behavioral disorder of childhood onset has been described since antiquity, and has reflected in society through literary or artistic documents, other findings point to the right hemisphere's syndrome. This clinical syndrome, first described by Voeller (1986), signal to right hemisphere dysfunction as responsible for a deficit of attention, visuospatial integration
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Déficit, Atención, Niños, Hiperactividad, Escuela, Barranquilla, Desarrollo, Actividad, Comportamiento, Asociación, Efectos, Deficit, Help, Children, Hyperactivity, School