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ADHD and Behavioral Disorder Treatment

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric disorder or neurobehavioral disorder characterized by significant difficulties either of inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsiveness. Symptoms emerge before seven years of age. There are three subtypes of the disorder which consist of it being predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI or ADHD-I), predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI or ADHD-H), or the two combined (ADHD-C), which shows all three difficulties. Often people refer to ADHD-PI as "attention deficit disorder" (ADD), however, the latter has not been officially accepted since the 1994 revision of the DSM. ADHD impacts school-aged children and results in restlessness, acting impulsively, and lack of focus which may impair school performance. The most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder in young people, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ADHD affects an estimated 9 percent of children aged 3-17 and 2-4 percent of adults. Although ADHD has its onset and is usually diagnosed in childhood, it is not a disorder limited to children - ADHD often persists into adolescence and adulthood and is frequently not diagnosed until later years.

For more information about ADHD, check out the National Institute of Mental Health.

We recommend receiving a definitive diagnosis of ADHD from our Neuropsychiatric Clinic in Raleigh to begin treatment. Most insurance policies cover this testing.

Asheville
 
Paul Fleischer, PsyD

Lee Anne Horn, MSN, PMHNP-BC

L. Ralph Jones, MD

Wendy Leogrande, DNP, FNP-BC

Amparo Penny, MA, LPC

Frank Russo, MSN, FNP-BC


Cary
 
Bonnie Angelelli, RN, MSNed, FNP-BC

Amy Gonzales, PA-C

Michael Goulding, MSW, LCSW


Lawrence Greenberg, MD

Theresa Keiser, MSN, FNP-BC

Cara Lutzow, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Donna Parrish, MSW, LCSW

Jenny Tart, MA, LPC

Varsha Vora, MD


Chapel Hill
 
Karla deBeck, MD

Heather Fayhee, MSN, FNP

Stephen Lucente, PhD

Hazel Shepherd, MSN, CPNP
Durham
 
Vivian Buhrman, MSW, LCSW

Mary Hartsell, DNP, FNP, PMHNP-F

Gregory Helton, MD

Kelly Hotchkiss, MSW, LCSW

Stefanie Kotzen, MSW, LCSW

Jeffrey Miller, M.Ed, MSW, LCSW

Yvonne Monroe, MD

An'drea Taylor, MD

Deborah Payne, MD


Raleigh
 
Elizabeth Bruce, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Robin Cassidy, MSN, ANP-BC

Elizabeth Corbett, MSN, RN, PMHNS/NP-BC

Sasha Frinzl, MSW, LCSW

J. Gray McAllister, MD

Amelia Peebles, PhD, LPC

Vida Robertson, MD

Jennifer Schiappa, MSW, LCSW

Allison Simpson, MSW, LCSW

James Smith, III, MD

Maggie Tyma, PA-C

Elisa Vicario, BHS, PA-C

Matthew Wolf, MSW, LCSW
Wake Forest
 
Brian Daugherty, MSW, LCSW

Christopher Gregory, MSW, LCSW

Paula Leif, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Mitchell Odom, MSN, PNP-BC


Neuropsychiatric Clinic 
 
Yvette Figueroa, MD

Maria Karandikar, MSN, ANP-C

Sandeep Vaishnavi, MD


Wellness Center
 
Kristine Ashton, PA-C

John Cassidy, PhD, PA-C

Ben Jeffrey, MSN, FNP-BC

Kivette Parkes, ND

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