Only one of every ten children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Spain receives medication.

-The prevalence of ADHD in Spain in children and adolescents is 5-8%

-treatment rates are 10 times less than what it should be from the prevalence figures

-the majority of children with ADHD already manifested in the preschool age symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity and detection is key to avoiding complications

-delay in the diagostico and in the treatment of ADHD leads to worse results in school performance, more difficulty in social relationships, and substance abuse

-the event was organized by the Basque-Navarre society of Psychiatry, child psychiatry and adolescent of the clínica Universidad de Navarra, unit and the center of Mental Health child and adolescent of the service Navarro of health – Osasunbidea

Pamplona, June 2012.- only one of every ten children and adolescents in Spain who suffer from attention Deficit and Hiperatividad (ADHD) disorder receive medication for treatment, when the prevalence is 5-8% in these two segments of the population. I.e. Spain treatment rates are 10 times less than what it should be from the prevalence figures.

These assessments have been offered by Dr. Javier Royo, psychiatrist from the Mental Health Nativity Infanto-Juvenil day Hospital, and Drs.. Azucena ten and Cesar Soutullo, the unit of child psychiatry and adolescent of the Department of Psychiatry and medical psychology at the University Clinic of Navarra.

Experts have offered these assessments during the course of VI update day in child psychiatry and teenager who was held last Friday in the Palacio de Congresos and Auditorium of Navarra – bastion-(Pamplona) in which more than 70 experts in mental health have exposed the key developments in the treatment of the disorder Attention Deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD) VI Update day in adolescent and child psychiatry.

The day, which is called by disorder Attention Deficit and hyperactivity (ADHD): psychology and early diagnosis ”, was organized by the Basque-Navarre society of Psychiatry, and the unit of child psychiatry and adolescent of the clínica Universidad de Navarra and the Centre of Mental Health child and adolescent of the service Navarro of health (Osasunbidea).

In this sense, the specialists have stressed psychological models are fundamental to understanding the ADHD ” and have pointed out, also, that the early detection of the disorder is essential to start appropriate, fundamental treatment as quickly as possible to prevent complications associated ”.

The majority of children with ADHD already manifest symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity in the preschool age, tend to be more disobedient, have more accidents, it costs them to provide care, etc. therefore, the role of pediatricians and primary care professionals in the field of education is very important in the identification and referral of these ninI ”, experts have claimed.

During the event, Prof. Sonuga-Barke, prestigious psychologist of the universities of Southampton (United Kingdom) and Ghent (Belgium) explained that theories that emphasize more emotional or motivational aspects of ADHD among the theory of aversion to the delay in the reward.

The results of this theory are the result of studies carried out by the psychologist and his group demonstrated that children with ADHD have difficulty to work properly for long periods of time and to wait for rewards or incentives that motivate them.

For its part, navarro psychologist Javier Tirapu, national award of the National Consortium of Neuropsychology in 2011 clinical neuroscience, has released a model inclusive of Executive dysfunction in ADHD.