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...blame ducking at worst, but there may be more to it than that. A growing body of research shows that newborns do tip their emotional hand early on, giving parents a chance to take control of behavioral problems and maybe even prevent conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depression from fully taking hold. Says Lawrence Diller, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco: "Using parenting techniques tailored to a child's personality can improve things dramatically for both parents and kids...
...babies have easy temperaments from birth. Most of the rest exhibit significant moodiness, defiance or other traits that place them in the so-called difficult category. Without intervention, 80% of these kids--mostly boys--will act out, becoming oppositional and hyperexcitable, and run a greater risk of developing ADHD. The remaining 20%--mostly girls--become withdrawn and run a greater risk of developing phobias, depression or compulsions. Clearly, not every baby in the difficult group deteriorates this way. One key is the parents...
Perrin said he hopes the Academy’s recommendations lead to a greater confidence in medicinal treatments for ADHD...
...There are many things that cause people not to pay attention. ADHD is only one of them. There is no blood test; it is only a clinical diagnosis,” said Dr. Leonard A. Rappaport, director of developmental medicine at Children’s Hospital in Boston...
Rappaport estimates that 30 percent of his ADHD patients are not treated with medicines, though he said he has great confidence in their success...