Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, abbreviated ADHD and AD / HD, is a psychiatric diagnosis from the U.S. diagnostic system DSM-IV.
Conditions may turn out differently, but are characterized by different degrees and the combination of attention deficit, impulsivity and hyperactivity. It is innate and occurs both in children and adults, men and women. ADHD was first described in medical literature in 1899 and 1902. The diagnosis was formerly called MBD (short for Minimal Brain Dysfunction, meaning “extremely small dysfunction brain “), but since you have not been able to find any particular dysfunction or damage in the brain, has passed away from this diagnosis.
It has been found that children with ADHD have reduced the effect of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain, but there is debate about this should be interpreted as a deviation from the norm.
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