Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, and Schizophrenia

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Diagnostic criteria for ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome, and Schizophrenia.
To diagnose ADHD, one must present five or more symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity for more than six months when below twelve years old. These include concentrating, poor organization, failure to follow up on tasks, talking too much, and feeling restless. Severe symptoms are observed in at least two settings, and there is evidence that they interfere with one’s social, school, and work settings (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, pp. 59-61).
Tourette’s syndrome diagnosis involves a presentation with more than one movement tics such as irregular movements of eyelids or shrugging shoulders and one vocal tic such as screaming out words or sentences, humming, or clearing of the throat. Also, experiencing the tics for a year, several times in a day before they were eighteen, and the symptoms are not a result of not taking medication for other ailments (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, pp. 81-84).
A Schizophrenia diagnosis is made when one presents two or more of the primary symptoms for about a month, including hallucinations, jumbled speech, delusions, reduced emotional expression, and gross disorganization (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, pp. 87-89).
Two interview questions, reasons for choosing them, and a summary of the responses given.
1 How do you know your child has ADHD?
2 How do you want people to react to you when you tell them you have Schizophrenia?
I chose question one because it offers a brief and conclusive explanation of a child with ADHD, even without an official diagnosis (OLLU Psyc, 2018). I chose question two as it provides people...