ERIC Number: EJ826362
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Publication Date: 2009
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Developing ADHD
Taylor, Eric
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, v50 n1-2 p126-132 Jan-Feb 2009
Over the past 50 years the concept of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has developed from the notion of a specific form of brain dysfunction to that of a heterogeneous set of related behaviours. The great advances in genetics, neuroimaging and neuropsychiatry have made it one of the best understood forms of complex mental disturbance--but much remains to be done to translate understanding into practice. More effective treatment may come from identifying and treating more specific components of disorder and by a focus on identifying the factors determining course in the longer term so that they, as well as the core features of disorder, can become targets for intervention.
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Genetics, Intervention, Brain, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
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Language: English
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