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He aha ka ADHD? He Alakaʻi Maopopo ʻana i ka Mālama ʻole i ka Manaʻo Kūʻiʻo

February 9, 2026


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Ua lohe paha ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻolei ʻia ma nā kamaʻilio, ma ka pāpili kaiaulu, paha mai ke kumu o kāu keiki mai paha. Akā i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai kekahi "ADHD," he aha kā lākou e kamaʻilio nei?

ʻO ADHD ka pōkole no ka Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He maʻi neurodevelopmental ia, ʻo ia hoʻi, pili ia i ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o ka lolo. ʻAʻole ia he hemahema o ke ʻano. ʻAʻole ia he palaualelo. A ʻoiai ka manaʻoʻiʻo o kekahi, ʻaʻole ia he mea e pili wale ana i nā keiki ʻaʻole hiki ke noho mālie i ka papa.

ʻO ADHD kekahi o nā maʻi neurodevelopmental i ʻike ʻia pinepine loa. Ma kahi o 8.4% o nā keiki a ma kahi o 2.5% o nā mākua e noho me ia. Ua paʻa kēia mau helu ma waena o ka noiʻi no nā makahiki, a inā he mea, hōʻike ka ʻikepili hou e piʻi ana nā ʻike i nā mākua ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ko mākou ʻike ʻana iā ia i ka poʻe i hala ʻia i nā kamaliʻi.

No laila, e komo kākou i ka hiʻohiʻona maoli o ka ADHD, kahi ia e hele mai ai, a he aha ia.

He aha ka manaʻo o ka ADHD? A no ke aha ia he huikau iki

ʻO ka inoa piha ʻo Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Akā, ʻo kēia ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻole ka inoa i ke kiʻi holoʻokoʻa. He nui ka poʻe e lohe ana i ka "mālama ʻole i ka manaʻo" a manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā wale. ʻAʻole kēlā pololei loa. Hiki i ka poʻe me ADHD ke nānā aku. I kekahi manawa, nānā nui lākou i ka mea hewa, a i ʻole, nānā ikaika lākou i kahi mea hoihoihoi ʻoiai e hoʻopau loa ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe.

ʻAʻole ia he nele o ka nānā ʻana, akā he pilikia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kahi e hele ai ka nānā.

A laila aia ka ʻāpana "hyperactivity". ʻAʻole nā mea a pau me ADHD he hyperactive. ʻAe, kekahi poʻe - wili lākou, manaʻo lākou ʻaʻole hiki ke noho, nui kā lākou ʻōlelo. Akā, ʻo kekahi poʻe ʻo ka poʻe mālie. Manuahi ko lākou manaʻo. Manuahi lākou i nā hālāwai. Nānā lākou me he mea lā ke nānā aku nei lākou i ka wā e hele ana ko lākou manaʻo ma kahi ʻē loa.

Hoʻomaopopo ka DSM-5 i ʻekolu mau hiʻohiʻona o ADHD: ʻo ka inattentive nui, ka hyperactive-impulsive nui, a me ka hui pū ʻana. Hiki i ka hiʻohiʻona o ke kanaka ke loli pū me ka manawa. ʻO ke keiki i lele ʻole i nā paia i ka makahiki ʻehiku, hiki ke hōʻike nui ʻia me ka inattention i ka wā i ka makahiki ʻelua.

He aha ka mea i hiki i ka ADD?

Inā ulu ʻoe i ka makahiki 80 a i ʻole 90, ua lohe paha ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder. I ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻolauna ka American Psychiatric Association i ka huaʻōlelo ADD, a laila i ka makahiki 1987, ua hoʻopili lākou iā ia me ka hyperactivity a kapa hou ʻia ʻo ADHD.

No laila ʻaʻole ʻo ADD he maʻi kaʻawale. He inoa kahiko wale nō ia. ʻO ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ADD i kēia manawa ma lalo o ka umbrella ADHD ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona inattentive nui. Ke hoʻohana mau nei kekahi poʻe i ka "ADD" ma ke ʻano maʻamau, a ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi - akā ma ke ʻano kūhelu, ʻo ka huaʻōlelo pololei ʻo ADHD ʻoiai inā a ʻaʻole paha ka hyperactivity.

He aha nā kumu o ka ADHD

ʻO kēia paha kekahi o nā nīnau maʻamau a ka poʻe. A ʻo ka pane pololei ʻo ia, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokahi kumu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike ai, ʻo ADHD kona mau aʻa nui i ka genetics a me ka ulu ʻana o ka lolo.

Ua hōʻike mau nā haʻawina ʻohana, pālua, a me nā hoʻohālike ʻana ua pāʻani nui nā genes i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ADHD. Hōʻike ka noiʻi i ka helu heritability ma kahi o 72 a 80%, he kiʻekiʻe loa ia. No ka hoʻonoho ʻana i kēlā i ka perspective, ua like ia me ka heritability o ke kiʻekiʻe. Inā he makua biological kekahi mea maʻi ADHD, piʻi nui ka manawa o kā lākou keiki.

Ma ka pae lolo, hōʻike ka noiʻi i nā ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano o kekahi mau neurotransmitter - ʻo ka dopamine a me ka norepinephrine hoʻi - e hoʻoponopono ʻia. Hoʻopili ka hōʻikeʻike i nā ʻokoʻa i nā ʻōnaehana dopaminergic a me noradrenergic, me ka emi ʻana o ka hana i ka ʻōpala o ka lolo luna a me nā ala waena-mua. I nā huaʻōlelo maʻalahi, nā ʻāpana o ka lolo kuleana no ka nānā ʻana, ka hoʻolālā ʻana, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa i ka poʻe me ADHD.

Aia kekahi mau mea kaiapuni i hiki ke pāʻani i kahi kōkua. ʻO nā pilikia pilikia e like me ke kaumaha o ka hānau ʻana, ka hōʻeha ʻana o ke poʻo, ka hemahema o ka hao, a me ka ʻike ʻana i ka waiʻona a i ʻole ka paka ma mua o ka hānau ʻana. Akā, he mea nui ke wehewehe ma aneʻi - ʻo kēia nā mea kōkua, ʻaʻole nā kumu hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ka ADHD e ka makua hewa, ka nui o ka manawa ma ka pale, a i ʻole ka ʻai ʻana i ka nui o ke kō. ʻO ia nā moʻolelo mau i hoʻopau ʻia i nā manawa he nui.

He maʻi noʻonoʻo anei ka ADHD?

He pinepine kēia nīnau, a pono ia i ka pane pololei.

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo ADHD ma ke ʻano he maʻi neurodevelopmental i loko o ka DSM-5. Hoʻonoho ia i loko o ka hui like me nā maʻi e like me ka autism spectrum disorder a me nā maʻi aʻo - nā maʻi i loaʻa mai ke ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka lolo, ʻaʻole i ke ʻano o ka naʻau a i ʻole ka naʻau.

He maʻi olakino noʻonoʻo anei ia? ʻAe, ma ke ʻano ʻenehana - aia ma lalo o ka umbrella ākea o ke olakino noʻonoʻo. Akā, hiki ke huikau ka kapa ʻana iā ia he "maʻi noʻonoʻo" no ka mea, hoʻohālikelike kēlā ʻōlelo i nā maʻi e like me ke kaumaha a me ka schizophrenia, he ʻano ʻokoʻa loa ia.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā ADHD ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa i ka uea lolo. Ua ʻae ka kaiāulu neurodivergent i kēia hoʻonohonoho, a ke loaʻa nei ka manaʻo i nā wahi clinical. ʻAʻole ka manaʻo ʻo ka lolo ADHD ua haki - ʻo ia ka hana ʻokoʻa. Hoʻoponopono ia i ka ʻike ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa. Hoʻopili ia i ka hoʻoikaika a me ka uku ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa. A i nā hihia he nui, hele mai ia me nā ikaika maoli ma waho o nā pilikia.

ʻO ia ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻaʻole kēia ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole pono e lawe māmā ʻia ka ADHD. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ADHD he maʻi mau ʻaʻole pili i ka holomua hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻoihana, nā pilina pilikino, a me ka hana o kēlā me kēia lā. Inā ʻaʻole mālama ʻia, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia maoli - ʻaʻole no ka mea ʻaʻole e hoʻāʻo ke kanaka, akā no ka mea, ʻo nā koi o ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā, ua kūkulu ʻia no nā lolo i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano ʻokoʻa.

Ma ka Autism Spectrum anei ka ADHD?

ʻO kēia kekahi o nā kumu pinepine o ka huikau. A ʻo ka pane pōkole ʻo ʻaʻole - ʻaʻole ʻo ADHD he ʻano autism. He mau maʻi kaʻawale lāua me nā kumu hoʻokaʻawale ʻokoʻa.

Akā, ʻo ke kumu ia e huikau ai ka poʻe: hiki ke nānā like lāua ma ka ʻili. Hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke komo i ka pilikia me nā hōʻailona pilikanaka, ka pilikia me ka hana hoʻokō, ka naʻau o ke kino, a me nā pilikia me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka naʻau. Inā e nānā wale ʻoe i ka ʻano o waho, hiki ke paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa o lāua i kekahi manawa.

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ka mea i pili mua i kēlā me kēia maʻi. Hoʻokūleʻa ʻia ka ADHD i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻopuka ʻana. Hoʻopili mua ʻo Autism i nā ʻokoʻa i ka kamaʻilio pilikanaka a me nā ʻano hana a i ʻole nā hoihoiʻi.

I kēia manawa, ʻo kēia ka mea nui: hōʻike ka noiʻi ma waena o 30% a 50% o ka poʻe autistic i nā ʻōuli koʻikoʻi o ADHD. ʻO nā maʻi ʻelua e pili pū ana i nā helu kiʻekiʻe. Ua wehe ka DSM-5 i ka hoʻokahuli mua i pāpā i ka ʻike pālua, ʻoiai hiki i nā mea ʻelua ke noho i ke kanaka hoʻokahi.

No laila, hiki i ke kanaka ke autistic a loaʻa ka ADHD. Akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo he ʻokoʻa ko lāua ʻelua. Loaʻa iā lāua kekahi mau ʻano like a me kekahi mau kumu genetic, akā noho lākou he mau maʻi ʻokoʻa e pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ma ko lākou ʻano ponoʻī.

He ʻohana ka ADHD - A he mea waiwai kēlā e ʻike ai

Ua hoʻopā mākou i ka genetics ma mua, akā he mea waiwai ia e noho me ia no kekahi manawa no ka mea he mea nui ia.

Inā ʻoe e heluhelu ana i kēia a e noʻonoʻo ana "uhe kēia e like me aʻu," aia kahi manawa kūpono he lālā ʻohana kāu e ʻōlelo like ai. Hōʻike nā haʻawina hoʻohālike ʻana ʻo nā ʻano ʻohana i ka ADHD ka mea ma muli o nā kumu genetic ma mua o ke kaiapuni like. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole ia ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e aʻo nā keiki i nā ʻano ADHD mai ko lākou mau mākua - ʻo ia ka mea like o ka uea lolo e hoʻoili ʻia ana.

He mea pili kēia no kekahi mau kumu. ʻO ka mua, hoʻonui ia i nā mea. ʻAʻole ʻo ADHD he hewa ʻano. He hoʻoilina ia, e like me ka ʻeleʻele o ka maka a i ʻole ka lauoho lauoho. ʻElua, he mau hopena praktika ia no nā ʻohana. Inā ʻike ʻia kahi keiki, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau no ka makua ke ʻike - i kekahi manawa no ka manawa mua - ua noho lākou me ka ADHD i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ko lākou ola holoʻokoʻa. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou ʻo kahi kokoke i 14% o nā mākua i ʻike ʻole ʻia, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne.

Hopena

Inā heluhelu ʻoe i kēia āpau a ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e kunou aku ana ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, he mea ia e nānā pono ai. Ua aʻo maikaʻi ʻia ka ADHD, ua ʻike ʻia ka laulā, a he mea maʻalahi loa ia me ke kākoʻo kūpono - inā ma o nā hoʻolālā hana, lāʻau lapaʻau, therapy, a i ʻole kekahi hui pū ʻana.

ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e hana nei i loko o kou lolo ʻaʻole ia he lepili. He wahi hoʻomaka ia.

Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ADHD ma ke ʻike ʻana i kahi āu e kū nei — e hoʻāʻo i kēia mea hoʻāʻo manuahi o ka ADHD a ʻike i ka ʻōlelo ʻana o kāu mau hopena.

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