מבט השוואתי על ההסתגלות האישית -החברתית ותפיסת התפקוד המשפחתי בקרב מתבגרים במצבי סיכון עם הפרעת קשב וריכוז בחברה הבדואית בנגב

Abstract

ADHD is now considered to be one of the most common disorders in the field
of child neurology and psychiatry, which has implications for the emotional,
behavioral, and academic future of children affected by it. In recent years, we
have witnessed a public attack against the diagnosis, against the rise in the
number of children being diagnosed, against the massive use of Ritalin, against
drug companies and doctors who ostensibly dispense drugs that do not have
professional interests (Cohen, 2011). There is a feeling in the public that it is
partially true that drug therapy is not always possible after careful and
comprehensive evaluation composed of many parameters, which I will
emphasize below. In this study, I aim to refute various arguments which stem
from extraneous considerations that are not relevant.
In order to treat adolescents at increased risk of attention deficit disorder, there
is a need to characterize and describe it through empirical research. Therefore,
the purpose of this study is to examine unique differences in the perceptions of
adolescents with ADHD in recognized localities in terms of social adaptation,
family functioning, and aggressive behavior compared with those of adolescents
at risk with attention deficit disorders in unfamiliar localities.

For this purpose, 88 adolescents at risk with ADHD were examined between the
ages of 16 and 18, of which 44 were adolescents at risk of ADHD attending
schools in recognized localities and 44 adolescents at high risk of attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the unrecognized villages.
An analysis of the findings reveals a situation in which the perception of the level
of family functioning among adolescents at risk of ADHD in recognized
localities is higher than that of adolescents at risk of ADHD in unrecognized
villages. In the nature of the difficulties in personal and social adjustment, the
groups, the perception of family functioning among adolescents at risk of ADHD
in unrecognized villages, is higher than that of adolescents at risk of ADHD
living in unrecognized villages.