Thibault Nadal 6:56 p.m., June 14, 2022
More than 5% of children in France and 4% of adults suffer from hyperactivity in France.
In the program "Bienfait pour vous" on Europe 1, doctor Louis Vera returned to this disease, also called ADHD, which would cause damage to the school results of children.
An assertion not completely true according to this specialist.
Hyperactivity or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 5 and 8% of children in France.
The origin of this disorder would come from a dysfunction of dopamine in the brain of the child.
This serves as a neurotransmitter acting on its concentration.
ADHD will manifest itself through different symptoms such as attention deficit, frequent distraction or impulsiveness, even aggressiveness.
Dys disorders responsible for school failures?
Generally, this disorder is accompanied by school difficulties for children.
"What is wrong", according to Doctor Louis Vera, child psychiatrist specializing in attention disorders, guest of the program
Bienfait pour vous
on Europe 1. "I sometimes receive parents for attention difficulties and to tell them: 'Look, your child is visibly struggling to concentrate, as reported in his report cards and by his teachers. But the school results are excellent and above all your child does not suffer from this attention difficulty' “, he explains.
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So for Louis Vera, "it's not worth coming to consult when you see that your child is having trouble concentrating, but that there is no impact in his school life".
However, he explains that attention disorders can be responsible for school failures, provided they are associated with another pathology.
"What will really make us fail at school are the dys disorders", analyzes the specialist.
Dys disorders are lasting disorders that cause dysfunctions, more or less severe, in the cognitive functions of the brain such as language, writing or calculation.
“I was always a bit on the sidelines”
An analysis shared by Adrien Devyver, journalist and author of
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, who has suffered from ADHD since childhood.
He recognizes on Europe 1 that he felt different, however, compared to children of his age: "I was always a little on the sidelines. I always had this impression, of always being a little too much on the left, is a little too right, but never really in what we call the standards", he notes.
But Adrien Devyver explains that his illness did not manifest itself by failing school results, but by difficulties in organizing himself.
"I always forgot my notebook," he adds.
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The Belgian journalist explains that he still suffers from his illness at 35, but that the disorders have not evolved between childhood and adulthood.