E-ISSN : 2733-4538
Children with inattention often manifest difficulties other than ADHD and that other disorders can be mistaken for ADHD. Three types of diagnosis for those 39 children in the present study were ADHD only(35.9%), ADHD with comorbid disorder(38.3%), other disorders(25.4%), respectively. Differences in developmental factors, biological factors, psychosocial factors, and family history of these groups were explored. In examining events in prenatal, perinatal and early medical history of these groups, a number of factors found to be suggestive of ADHD diagnosis with or without comorbid disorder, these factors include; medical history of Otitis media, high insistency in infancy, early beginning of crawling, delay in talking, difficulties in sibling relationship. Moreover, when compared with the siblings of non-ADHD psychiatric referrals, the siblings of ADHD children reported to have a higher incidence of attentional problems by their mother. The present study confirms rather than expends on previous findings. In diagnosing ADHD, it seems very important to give attention to and rule out above conditions that could account for the child's seemingly ADHD-type behavior.