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A 4 page review of the causes of ADHD. The literature suggests that there is no specific etiology for ADHD and that medical tests cannot be used to definitively diagnose the condition. In the absence of specific diagnosis determining the cause of ADHD is difficult. There has been a correlation of ADHD and specific physiological and environmental factors, however. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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be caused by both physiological factors as well as en utero environmental factors. There are numerous questions regarding the physiological cause of Attention Deficit Disorder, its diagnosis, and treatment
options. Numerous questions present themselves, however, in regard to the factuality of such links. The fact that, as Furman and Berman (2004, 601) relate, there is:
"no identified etiology for AD/HD and that neither brain imaging, electroencephalography, continuous performance tests, nor any blood
test can distinguish children with or without AD/HD" makes it obvious that narrowing down the
causes of the conditions is a tentative process at best. If a child cannot receive a foolproof diagnosis for this condition then how can we isolate a foolproof physiological
or environmental cause for it? Despite that obvious question, considerable research has been devoted to doing just that. Some research indicates that
the disorder is related to glucose and the way it is processed in the brain (Leutwyler, 1996). There has also been a correlation of Attention Deficit Disorder with differences
in thyroid hormone receptors. Researchers have found "a small subset of ADHD [Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity] people have a different receptor for thyroid hormone" and that 70 to
80 percent of all people with this very rare difference in their thyroid receptor have ADHD (Leutwyler, 1996). Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004) emphasizes the likelihood of a hormonal
precipitor as well as angiogenic factors in ADHD. They summarize findings in the literature suggesting that changes in androgen metabolism:
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