Case Challenges

A 7-year-Old Boy with ADHD

Bliss A. Chalemian, MD; Asad Amir, MD; Sree Latha Krishna Jadapalle, MD

  • Psychiatric Annals
  • May 2011 - Volume 41 · Issue 5: 249-251
  • DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20110425-03
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Abstract

A 7-year-old white boy had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), inattentive type, 1 year before. He also had a reading disorder with verbal comprehension impairment. He was brought into the emergency room for agitation and self-injurious behavior while at a day camp. He had barricaded himself with stacked chairs and was banging his head repeatedly into the file cabinet after an altercation with his friends.
AUTHORS

Bliss A. Chalemian, MD, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Attending Psychiatrist; Asad Amir, MD, is a Fourth Year Resident; Sree Latha Krishna Jadapalle, MD, is a research assistant at Bergen Regional Medical Center, Paramus, NJ.

Dr. Chalemian; Dr. Amir; and Dr. Jadapalle have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

Address correspondence to: Bliss A. Chalemian, MD: ; .bchalemian@bergenregional.combliss@chal.net

doi: 10.3928/00485713-20110425-03

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