Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adulthood.
A behavioural syndrome of childhood characterised by overactivity, excitability, and explosive behaviour has been recognised since the turn of the last century and is now thought to be, at certain ages, the most common disorder of childhood. The disorder is now recognised in the terminology of ICD-10 as ‘‘hyperkinetic disorder’’, and in DSM-IV as ‘‘attention deficit hyperactivity disorder’’ (AD...
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عنوان ژورنال: Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1866-0452
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0311