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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can prevent children and adults from reaching their true potential. People with ADHD can have difficulties concentrating and following through with projects. They can also be impulsive, easily distracted and hyperactive or fidgety. ADHD is a controversial subject and because of this some people never get appropriately diagnosed or treated while others are given treatment when they don’t really have the condition. At Russell Associates we start with a differential diagnostic evaluation, a special process designed to determine first if there is an attention problem and if there is then to see if there are non-ADHD problems that may be causing or contributing to it. Most ADHD evaluations focus on seeing if the client fits the typical pattern of symptoms that usually go along with the disorder. While this is an important step, we feel that it should not be the only step. There are many disorders that can look like ADHD. For example, children with posttraumatic stress disorder or some sleep disorders often look like they have ADHD when they don’t. The differential diagnostic evaluation is designed to see if any of these other disorders exist and to determine if they are causing or worsening the ADHD symptoms. This is very important because these other problems need a very different type of treatment. If any of these other disorders are present we either treat them or refer you to appropriate treatment. As these other problems resolve we will monitor the ADHD symptoms to see how much they improve. |
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