Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Children who fidget, chatter incessantly, interrupt, and hop from one activity to another may be very tiring to be around. Worse yet, their behavior limits their ability to learn and make friends and may have long-term consequences for themselves as well as their families. The authors review the features of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and summarize pharmacologic, educational, and behavioral intervention.

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Alexander K C. Leung

Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC Wm. Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC Joel E. Fagan, MD, FRCPC Stephen H. N. Lim, BA, BEd Dr Leung (pictured) is clinical associate professor of pediatrics and Dr Fagan is professor of pediatrics, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada. Dr Leung is a pediatric consultant, division of behavioral and developmental pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary. Dr Robson is medical director, Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, and clinical associate professor, department of pediatrics, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Mr Lim is an elementary school teacher, John Paul II School, Calgary.

Wm. Lane M. Robson

Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC Wm. Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC Joel E. Fagan, MD, FRCPC Stephen H. N. Lim, BA, BEd Dr Leung (pictured) is clinical associate professor of pediatrics and Dr Fagan is professor of pediatrics, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada. Dr Leung is a pediatric consultant, division of behavioral and developmental pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary. Dr Robson is medical director, Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, and clinical associate professor, department of pediatrics, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Mr Lim is an elementary school teacher, John Paul II School, Calgary.

Joel E. Fagan

Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC Wm. Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC Joel E. Fagan, MD, FRCPC Stephen H. N. Lim, BA, BEd Dr Leung (pictured) is clinical associate professor of pediatrics and Dr Fagan is professor of pediatrics, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada. Dr Leung is a pediatric consultant, division of behavioral and developmental pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary. Dr Robson is medical director, Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, and clinical associate professor, department of pediatrics, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Mr Lim is an elementary school teacher, John Paul II School, Calgary.

Stephen H. N. Lim

Alexander K. C. Leung, MBBS, FRCPC Wm. Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC Joel E. Fagan, MD, FRCPC Stephen H. N. Lim, BA, BEd Dr Leung (pictured) is clinical associate professor of pediatrics and Dr Fagan is professor of pediatrics, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada. Dr Leung is a pediatric consultant, division of behavioral and developmental pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary. Dr Robson is medical director, Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital, Greenville, South Carolina, and clinical associate professor, department of pediatrics, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Mr Lim is an elementary school teacher, John Paul II School, Calgary.