Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often the focus of ongoing debate in the medical field. Critics have described ADHD as a diagnosis used to label difficult children who are not ill, but whose behavior falls on the extreme edge of normal (K. Lange, 2010). However, unbalanced chemicals in the brain cause ADHD It is not something that children can control and it is more than a behavioral problem “ADHD is not a disease in itself but rather a group of. symptoms representing a final common behavioral pathway for a range of emotional, psychological, and/or learning problems” (Furman, 2005). as a neurobehavioral disease entity" ((K. Lange, 2010). Therefore, the clinical diagnosis of ADHD remains an open question, requiring further research ((K. Lange, 2010). "It does not There is no cure for ADHD or a single treatment for every child. Current treatments for ADHD focus on managing symptoms with medication and behavior modification or with cognitive behavioral therapy” (Brain, 2012). ).HistoryThe study, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD are not new. Sir Alexander Crichton, a Scottish physician, published a survey in 1798. He explored and wrote about attention and its diseases (K. Lange, 2010). In chapter two, Crichton writes, when one is born with attention difficulties, this becomes evident early in life and has a very detrimental effect, in that it renders one incapable of consistently attending to tasks. 'a single object of education. Disorder But it is rarely reached to such a high degree that it totally reaches middle of paper...... (2012). Retrieved September 10, 2013 from www.effectivechildtherapy.comFurman, L. (2005). What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Journal of Child Neurology, 20: 994-1002. Retrieved from http://jcn.sagepub.comLange, K., Reichl, S., Lange, K., Tucha, L., and Tucha, O. (2010). The History of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 253. Retrieved from www.springlink.comMayes, R. and Rafalovich, A. (2006). Suffer restless children. Accessed September 22, 2013 from https://facultystaff.richmond.eduMayo Clinic Staff. (2013). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Retrieved September 8, 2013 from www.mayoclinic.comPelham, WE and Fabiano, GA (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an update. Journal of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology, 37, 185-214.