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ADD/ADHD and impaired executive function in clinical practice

Brown, Thomas E.·2008·Current Psychiatry Reports
DOI 10.1007/s11920-008-0065-7
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The disorder currently known as attention-deficit disorder (ADD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized by most clinicians as a legitimate and widely prevalent disorder among children and adults. Yet there is still widespread misunderstanding as to the disorder's nature. Many clinicians mistakenly continue to think of this as a behavior disorder characterized by hyperactivity in children and excessive restlessness or impulsivity in adults. In fact, ADD/ADHD is essentially a cognitive disorder, a developmental impairment of executive functions (EFs), the self-management system of the brain. Although EFs are complex, their impairment constitutes a syndrome that can be recognized readily in clinical practice; impaired EF involves a pattern of chronic difficulties in executing a wide variety of daily tasks. Once recognized, this disorder can be effectively treated in most cases. In this article, I describe the nature of EF impairments in ADD/ADHD and how the syndrome can be recognized and effectively treated in clinical practice. (Note: The term ADHD is used in the balance of this article to refer to both inattentive and combined subtypes.).

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Authors
Brown, T. E.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
Brown, Thomas E.
ORCID
Brown, Thomas E.
Venue
Current Psychiatry Reports
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2008-10
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
407-411
ISSN
  • 1523-3812 (ISSN-L)
  • 1535-1645
DOI
10.1007/s11920-008-0065-7
OpenAlex
W2177246519
Cited by
137
References
23
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FWCI
1.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Current Psychiatry Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, executive dysfunction, cognitive disorders, self-management, clinical recognition, ADHD treatment, inattentive subtype, combined subtype, hyperactivity, impulsivity, children and adults
MeSH terms
Adult, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Cognition Disorders, Diagnosis, Differential, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Humans, Neuropsychology, Treatment Outcome

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