Chapter overview - Stress and ADHD

The chapter Stress and ADHD Includes the following articles:

• What ADHD has to do with stress
  • ADHD symptoms are stress symptoms
  • Stress benefits - the survival-promoting purpose of stress
  • Stress damage due to early / prolonged stress
    • 1. Stress by age at exposure - early childhood stress
    • 2. Stress by duration: Long-lasting, chronic stress
    • 3. Stress by type of stressor
    • 4. Stress effect by gender
    • 5. Diagnosis of stress system damage
    • 6. Resilience, increased sensitivity, genetic disposition and maternal care
  • Chronic stress regulation problems with other disorders
• The human stress system - the basics of stress
  • The HPA axis / stress regulation axis
  • The autonomic nervous system: sympathetic / parasympathetic nervous system
    • Heart rate variability (HRV) in ADHD
  • The BIS/BAS/Fight Flight Freeze system
  • The amygdala - the stress conductor
  • Locus coeruleus
  • Thalamus - the gateway to consciousness
  • Basal ganglia: striatum, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus
  • Neurotransmitters during stress
  • Neurophysiological correlates of stress
• Stress theories and stress phenotypes: a possible explanation of ADHD subtypes