Phillips, ADHD

Legal & Ethical Issues for ADHD Legal and Ethical Concerns With ADHD being a well validated clinical diagnosis, it still remains a controversial disorder. With this being controversial, there is the continuing discussion of how the practice of ethical and legal are implemented within the clinical setting as far as diagnosis and treatment. Ethical and legal issues are important in determining how doctors should behave in offering a diagnosis or treatment that may generate strong and unpredictable reactions from children, their families, and other agencies (Foreman, 2006). Two areas that concern when it comes to the areas of ethical and legal concerns would be confidentiality and rights of consent. With confidentiality, the disclosure of information without consent may take place if there are concerns about child protection, lawbreaking, or harm to others, and there is also ‘‘catch-all’’ guidance that covers most situations where professionals need to communicate fort the go...

  Challenges Within ADHD Challenges & Solutions ADHD can have many challenges for individuals ranging from childhood up to adulthood. It can be essential to understand the daily hurdles this population has to jump over in order to gain a better perspective of the person as a whole without unmindful judgment and also help find solutions to better assist them. With ADHD being a neurocognitive disorder, this includes a combination of persistent problems surrounding attention and hyperactivity. There are challenges such as having difficulty paying attention, being hyperactive in different settings and presenting impulsive behavior. Looking at these symptoms, there can be challenges that arise in multiple areas such as school for example. Individuals with ADHD can begin to show symptoms in early childhood and when looking at the symptoms such as a child not having the ability to concentrate in a school setting, there can be a challenge of that child having a hard time with understan...