Deficit of Learning and Memory in Children with Hiperactivity and Attention deficit (ADHD). A Clinical Descriptive and Qualitative Study

Abstract

We have clinically examined 40 patients with ADHD ranging from 3 to 12 years-old, exhibiting attention, learning and memory deficit. During mother pregnancy we found urinary infections, edema of lower limbs, arterial hypertension, diabetes, eclampsia and placental pathology. The child social relationships and academic performance at the school and home was explored by means of dialogs with the mothers or relatives, teacher information and psych pedagogical study. A previous psychological study of patients was carried out at private and public psychological centers of Maracaibo City in Venezuela. The infant patients showed hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattention, learning and memory deficit, neurosensory sensory processing difficulties, such as hypoacusis and strabismus, inappropriate behavioral impairment, such as emotional instability, anxiety, sleep disorders and auto and heteroaggression. Hyperactivity included an excessive rate of speech and motor activity or motor restlessness and being easily distracted.