What differentiates a child with ADHD from a kid who’s fidgety is how the symptoms affect the child’s ability to function in everyday life. In this video, pediatricians explain how they tell the difference between hyperactivity caused by ADHD and normal childhood fidgety behavior.
Dr. Patel is a pediatrician at New York Presbyterian-Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.
Dr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
References
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). About attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Wagnus, W., et al. (2023). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. StatPearls.
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