For today I had to select news related with my career. Between the news I saw in the internet page the themes weren’t much related with psychology so it took me a while to get what I needed.
Finally, the news I found it’s called: ADHD: genes play a role, but how crucial are they? I liked this news because I want to be a child and adolescent’s psychologist and this it’s a very common theme for the kids and specially the parents. Something that I know about ADHD, that means, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder is that many times the parents feels exceeded and the children discriminated.
The news tells that children with this disorder are healthy in a physical way, but have lots of trouble in others areas. For example, they are usually restless children who have difficulty concentrating and problems with the others children of their age.
Recently, an investigation found that their DNA probably has duplicate or missing chunks, what means that they have a genetic condition. This idea breaks with the belief that their causes were the bad parenting and poor diet. But, other professionals propose an explication that includes all this variables and that the results of that study where interpreted in the wrong way and that they actually means that genes play a role and some genetic glitches raise the risk of ADHD.
This new investigation opens a debate about the topic. If you want to read it for yourself go to:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/oct/03/oliver-james-adhd-attention-deficit
ADHD is interesting... But i think that trying to face it, treating it, is a real big challenge!
ReplyDeleteWell i think that because I don't understand children... teenagers mmmm yes, i think i could undertend them, but they despair me.
I think it requires a huge patience!
See you!! take care =)!