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Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity

Psychological Therapies

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Handbook of Treatment Approaches in Childhood Psychopathology

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Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the diagnostic term used to describe children with developmentally inappropriate difficulties in attention and impulsivity in the DSM-III (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). It replaced the term hyperkinetic reaction of the DSM-II (American Psychiatric Association, 1968) and includes what is commonly referred to as hyperactivity as one of two subtypes of the disorder. Thus, according to DSM-III criteria, the child who presents with problems in attention, impulsivity, and motor overactivity would be diagnosed as ADD with hyperactivity (ADD/H), and the child who presents with inattention and impulsivity in the absence of hyperactivity would be diagnosed as ADD without hyperactivity (ADD/WO).

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    Elizabeth A. Schaughency

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Schaughency, E.A., Walker, J., Lahey, B.B. (1988). Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Treatment Approaches in Childhood Psychopathology. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0983-3_9

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