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On 14 October 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved to ADHD. The result of the discussion was not moved.
Causes
Certain nutritional deficiencies are known to be associated with ADHD, yet none of these are mentioned. Drsruli (talk) 21:06, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No nutritional deficiency ‘causes’ ADHD. The only associations that have been indicated include a) weak evidence suggesting exposure to specific artificial food colourants leads to a very small exacerbation of symptoms in a small subset of people with ADHD and b) a significant zinc deficiency may slightly and indirectly worsen symptoms in some. But none of these are causal of the disorder, nor are they robust findings or lead to significant adverse effects in individual patients.
See the International Consensus Statement on ADHD for references. Димитрий Улянов Иванов (talk) 23:40, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ADHD is a set of symptoms that may be predicated by a nutritional deficiency. (An absence of certain nutrients can certainly make concentration difficult.) This is elsewhere alluded to in the article. Just not in the ‘causes’ section. (And aside from zinc, an associated magnesium deficiency has also been found in some cases, resolving with correction.)
There has been much research into the possibility of deficiency of certain nutrients during development. The research should be mentioned. Drsruli (talk) 07:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lead size
Currently the WP:LEAD contains about 10 paragraphs, which is too lengthy (MOS:LEADLENGTH). The lead should contain the most important information and leave the details/elaborations to the body. Димитрий Улянов Иванов, please do not extend the lead any further. If you want to add something, add it to the body under the respective subheading.
The leads needs to be trimmed to 4-5 paragraphs. --WikiLinuz (talk) 02:20, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for notifying me. I will review as soon as time permits. Be well Димитрий Улянов Иванов (talk) 02:23, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Typo in paragraph 3
“...they may be to maintain an unusually prolonged level of attention...”
should probably be:
”...they may be able to maintain an unusually prolonged level of attention...” Viewpoint2927 (talk) 11:37, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cool recent discovery; first ADHD reference found in 1753
Not sure where this can be placed, but the first reference to ADHD can now be pushed back in the medical literature to a Latin text in 1753 by Dutch physician Cornelius Kloekhof, describing a condition closely resembling ADHD. The previously first known references were by Adam Weikard (1770-75) and Alexander Crichton (1798) who describes both an ADHD and CDS-like disorders of attention. See: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10870547241238926Димитрий Улянов Иванов (talk) 20:38, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is no evidence that methylphenidate is actually effective. Remove the claims.
User:Димитрий Улянов Иванов, ScienceDirect topics is a random collection of excerpts that an algorithm thinks may be relevant to the subject. Its content changes all the time so claims based on it are nor verifiable, the quotes on it are out of context which limits their utility, and the authors that wrote the excerpts are not credited when only Topics is cited. That's why its use is deprecated on Wikipedia according to WP:RSP. I'll be removing the citation again but if you can find the paper you were talking about in your edit, I don't have any problem with you adding it in place of the Topics citation. HansVonStuttgart (talk) 14:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, sorry for the misplaced citation. My contention was just that it is identified by the International Consensus Statement on ADHD as a reputable source. I will reference that instead. Димитрий Улянов Иванов (talk) 21:01, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]