by Dr Brendan Belsham | Sep 15, 2017 | ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurobiological condition affecting around six percent of school-going children and causing impairments in concentration, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Twin studies, family studies and adoption studies attest to...
by Dr Brendan Belsham | Jul 16, 2017 | ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurobiological condition causing developmentally inappropriate impairments in concentration, impulsivity and activity levels. It affects around 6% of school-going children and persists into adulthood in the...
by Dr Brendan Belsham | Jan 18, 2017 | ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) manifests with symptoms of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity, in varying combinations, and affects around five percent of the school-going population. Due to the pervasive nature of these symptoms in...
by Dr Brendan Belsham | Feb 12, 2016 | ADHD
PHONE IN ADHD IN ADULTS & CHILDREN DR RYKIE LIEBENBERG Johannesburg based adult psychiatrist and convenor of the ADHD South African Special Interest Group DR BRENDAN BELSHAM, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Johannesburg Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity...
by Dr Brendan Belsham | Sep 28, 2015 | ADHD
The teacher reports that your child is underachieving in the classroom, and suggests an assessment. It may have been a series of phone calls, possibly from several teachers over the years, and you are feeling increasingly hounded. Where do you turn? If ADHD...
by Dr Brendan Belsham | May 21, 2015 | ADHD
The powers that be who publish the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), including its latest offering published in 2013, have thus far given little credence to the importance of emotional symptoms in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder...
