Chris, aged six, can't concentrate and he can't keep still. At home, he is a nightmare. He runs around, screams and throws toys. He cannot share or take turns with other children, so he finds that they don't want to play with him. Every night he keeps the family awake. At school he is disruptive and falling behind because he cannot concentrate on reading, writing or any other task.
Chris is not just a 'naughty' child and his mother is not a bad parent, she has two older children who are not like this and who have done very well at school. So what is wrong with Chris? Like an increasing number of children in this country and in the US, he has been diagnosed with ADHD, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder.
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