Assessment Description:
Do some research to identify a trend, event, or a policy related to ADHD. If you look on news websites, you can identify and discuss what reporters are currently writing about ADHD. If you look at the policy statements by institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html) or American Psychological Association (APA.org), you can identify and discuss which policies or advice they provide. You could also try finding events (either past events or future ones) about ADHD at the local, state, or national level and then explain what one or more events were (or will be) about. Then, summarize your findings and report them to the class by responding to this discussion question.
During the week, go back and review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses.
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SOLUTION to ENG-105: English Composition I - Topic 6 DQ 1.
SAMPLE 1
Hello class,
As a nurse, I have to admit that this course has been more interesting than I had anticipated. I have had and utilized major opportunities and, in the process, learned about different concepts in the healthcare environment. For example, as I was researching different trends related to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), I came across one trend on how ADHD presents differently in adults compared to children, particularly in women. According to Abdelnour et al. (2022), ADHD was initially associated with hyperactive boys but there has been an increasing awareness that adults, especially women, often experience ADHD differently.
This trend has been discussed at length by researchers such as Hinshaw et al. (2022) who posit that girls and women with ADHD show a predominance of inattention and associated internalizing problems compared to boys and men with ADHD who display greater levels of hyperactive-impulsive symptoms and associated externalizing problems. This means that women with this condition frequently struggle with inattention rather than hyperactivity, leading to challenges with organization, time management, and maintaining focus (Hinshaw et al., 2022). This leads to difficulties in how they manage both their personal and professional life.
To effectively combat this, the medical community has been working on how they can update the existing diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches to better address ADHD, particularly in adults. In an effort to understand more, I stumbled upon a study by Patrickson et al. (2024) that states that these approaches include developing screening tools that can detect the less obvious symptoms in women adults. Other trends I came across include the change in treatment approaches for ADHD. While medication remains a primary treatment, there has been a growing emphasis on cognitive behavioral therapy by organizations such as the Control for Disease and Prevention (CDC). I believe this shift in understanding and treating adult ADHD represents a significant step forward in mental health care.
References
Abdelnour, E., Jansen, M. O., & Gold, J. A. (2022). ADHD diagnostic trends: increased recognition or overdiagnosis? Missouri medicine, 119(5), 467.
Hinshaw, S. P., Nguyen, P. T., O’Grady, S. M., & Rosenthal, E. A. (2022). Annual Research Review: Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder in girls and women: underrepresentation, longitudinal processes, and key directions. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(4), 484-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13480
Patrickson, B., Shams, L., Fouyaxis, J., Strobel, J., Schubert, K. O., Musker, M., & Bidargaddi, N. (2024). Evolving Adult ADHD Care: Preparatory Evaluation of a Prototype Digital Service Model Innovation for ADHD Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(5), 582. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21050582