Mental health nursing work in care assistance of attention deficit-hyperactive- disorder

This paper presents concepts about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) describing its historical process and addressing the implications of this disorder. In addition, the paper describes the nurse in mental health and demonstrates the attributions of this health professional in this thematic. Objective: To describe the mental health care activities performed by the nurse to the ADHD patient. Methodology: A integrative literature review was used as a method, the search was done through the VHL database, in which 23 articles were found, but 6 articles repeated, 1 article could not be accessed, and 1 article did not demonstrate the criteria required in this research. At the end, only 15 articles were selected. Results: In the majority of the articles the subject was predominant in the field of psychology, nursing participates in this issue in only two articles. Topics were found on psychosocial interaction, medicalization, comorbidities, behavioral signs, risks and forms of treatment. Discussion: From the topics found in the results, it was possible to analyze that ADHD can be a triggering factor of other pathological factors. Depending on the predominant factor of ADHD, comorbid factors may coexist causing more severe damage to the mental health of the person with ADHD. Final considerations: The research concluded that the nurse's role in mental health in the processes of caring for ADHD patients is extremely important, since it uses interdisciplinary methods. In this context, the nurse is a professional motivator, educator, able to establish an integral vision of the bearer, capable of promoting communication in all assistance processes, and actions that can intervene in the sociocultural environment of the bearer with their relatives and improve their coping strategies the diagnosis of ADHD.