Essay - Adhd in African American Children Abstract the Objective of the...

ADHD in African American Children

Abstract

The objective of the study was to explore the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ***** African American children, and to compare with findings from a similar study of Caucasian *****. The subjects, all between 6 and 17 years, were 43 African American children, 19 with ***** ***** 24 without ADHD. Ethnically sensitive assessments were conducted through structured interviews with the mothers of all the ***** and with all subjects over the age of 12 years. Psychiatrists and child psychologists used audiotapes of the ***** ***** diagnose psychiatric disorders. The preliminary findings show that; using currently accepted definitions, African American ********** with ADHD had higher levels ***** psychiatric ***** other than ADHD, which is similar, although not identical, to the results of the previous study of Caucasian children.

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Samuel, V.J., Biederman, J., Faraone, S., & George, P. (*****98, May). Clinical characteristics of ***** deficit ***** disorder in ***** American children. The American Journal ***** Psychiatry, 155(5),