2010
DOI: 10.1007/s12402-010-0045-8
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The history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Abstract: The contemporary concept of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as defined in the DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association 2000) is relatively new. Excessive hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive children have been described in the literature since the nineteenth century. Some of the early depictions and etiological theories of hyperactivity were similar to current descriptions of ADHD. Detailed studies of the behavior of hyperactive children and increasing knowledge of brain function have cha… Show more

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“…Originally described in 1798 (Crichton 1798;reprinted in Crichton 2008) ADHD patients 'incessantly withdrawn from one impression to another' and 'excites such a degree of anger as borders on insanity' (for an historical review see Lange et al 2010). These two core symptoms are interpreted as inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity in the DSM5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) and can be of variable severity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Originally described in 1798 (Crichton 1798;reprinted in Crichton 2008) ADHD patients 'incessantly withdrawn from one impression to another' and 'excites such a degree of anger as borders on insanity' (for an historical review see Lange et al 2010). These two core symptoms are interpreted as inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity in the DSM5 (American Psychiatric Association 2013) and can be of variable severity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El metilfenidato es considerado hoy la droga de primera elección entre las perspectivas que abogan por el tratamiento medicamentoso, siendo el psicoestimulante más frecuentemente prescripto para el tratamiento del TDAH (SINGH, 2008;BIGNONE;SERRATE;DIEZ, 2007;LANGE et al, 2010;BARKLEY, 2006). Conrad y Bergey ubican a los fármacos empleados en la terapéutica del TDAH como pieza clave en la expansión potencial del mercado farmacéutico a nivel global (CONRAD; BERGEY, 1014).…”
Section: Metodologíaunclassified
“…Though, the actual relationship is still speculative but both the diseases act on same platform i.e., substantia nigra [51]. Generally, the symptoms of ADHD start at childhood ages of the sufferer and proceeds into adulthood [52]. Most of the cases attention deficiency has been observed in PD but, it is tough to evaluate whether the same patient had ADHD in childhood or not.…”
Section: Attention Deficiencymentioning
confidence: 99%