ions or games.
- Symptoms must continue six months and be more frequent and severe than normal.
- Evidence must show significant damage to social, academic or work functioning.
- Some damage must occur in at least two settings, such as home and school.
- Some damaging symptoms must have occurred before age 7, even with a later diagnosis.
- The symptoms must not be due to another disorder.
Attention Deficit Information Network
475 Hillside Ave., Needham, MA 02194
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
499 N.W. 70th Ave., Suite 101, Plantation, FL 33317
World Wide Web: http://www.chadd.org/
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
World Wide Web: http://www.add.org/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
World Wide Web: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
National Institute of Mental Health
Room 7C-02, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
World Wide Web: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
FDA Consumer magazine (July-August 1997)
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