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Childhood Disorders

Child mental health issues include Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Asperger's Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, childhood eating disorders, dyslexia, learning disorders, mental retardation, stuttering and depression. Discuss these any any other child mental health issues here.

More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link in The Court

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The United States Court of Federal Claims will sustain another hearing to finally decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic. The court is to decide whether the government should pay millions of dollars to the parents of some 4,800 autistic children who are...

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I have ADHD

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Hey- I am 14 going on 15. I just came to terms with my sexuality and I am gay and in love with Dan Radcliffe. I sometimes do things without thinking of what will happen after, like look at gay porn on the computer and then the next day the computer is acting all slow and my mom assumes I did...

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Autistic Kids More Likely to Have Parents With Mental Illness

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New findings that have emerged from the Swedish medical registries suggest that parents of children with autism have double chances of having been hospitalized for a psychiatric condition than parents of children without autism. Such important information will hopefully enable experts to start...

by User avatar Bobby

ADHD Treatment Increases Risks of Heart Troubles

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The American Heart Association (AHA) recommended using an electrocardiogram (ECG) before beginning treatment with stimulant drugs in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The potential for cardiovascular events was spotted back in 1999 in those children who were taking...

by User avatar Jane232591

Vaccines possibly linked to autism reached U.S. court

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On Monday began a hearing in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington to determine whether vaccinations could have caused autism in many children. Over 4,800 families filed complaints against the government stating that routine childhood vaccines are linked to a rise in autism disorders. A...

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Babies who don't recognise their name may be autistic

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Researchers report that a simple test of calling a child’s name could reveal if they are likely to suffer from autism and other developmental problems. Those babies who do not respond to their name being called at the age of one are more likely to be diagnosed with autism. Most parents who...

by User avatar DennisD.

An Old Drug to Counteract Down Syndrome

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Down syndrome afflicts over 350,000 people in the U.S. In this disorder, chromosome 21 is present in three copies instead of two. Scientists gave low doses of a human drug to mice bred to mimic the learning and memory problems in people with Down syndrome. Mice in the study had a duplicated piece...

by User avatar Jenny3481

Scientists Found Way to Reverse One of the Severe Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Rett Syndrome (RS) is one of the most disabling autism spectrum disorders. It affects Around 10,000 children in the UK i.e. 1 in every 10,000 to 15,000 children. RS is an untreatable neurological disorder that leaves sufferers severely disabled. The symptoms start showing up at the age of 18 months...

by User avatar Jannie3486

Autism Spectrum Disorders Far More Prevalent Than Thought

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Behavioral scientists from the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities have determined that autism spectrum disorders may be more common than previously thought. Nationwide surveillance program had been conducted at sites in 14 states in 2002 and it showed that the...

by User avatar Jannie3486

Is Autism Hereditary?

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My husband and I are considering adopting a baby girl that has not been born yet. The birth mother reports that her nephew has autism. Do the risks of the baby girl developing autism increase because the birth mothers nephew has autism? Or are the risks the same as if there was no autism reported...

by User avatar EllyBelly14570