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Changes in the definition of ADHD in DSM-5: subtle but important
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While there were earlier descriptions of children with high levels of activity and impulsivity , what is now called ADHD first appeared in the American Psychiatric Association’s DSMâÂÂII in 1968. In DSMâÂÂII, the disorder was termed hyperkinetic reaction of childhood, which as the name implies focused primarily on symptoms of excessive motor activity. With the publication of DSMâÂÂIII in 1980, the disorder was markedly reconceptualized with a focus on problems with attention, impulsivity and hyperactivity, and was renamed attention deficit disorder (with and without hyperactivity).
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- Authors
- Epstein, J. N., & Loren, R. E.
- Affiliations
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Venue
- Neuropsychiatry
- Publisher
- OMICS Publishing Group
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 455-458
- ISSN
- 1758-2008 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3955126
- OpenAlex
- W2057166186
- Cited by
- 273
- References
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- FWCI
- 1.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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- Neuropsychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K24MH064478)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, DSM-5, diagnostic classification, hyperkinetic disorder, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, impulsivity, DSM-III, DSM-II
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