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Attention Deficit Disorder

Known as: ADD, Disorders, Attention Deficit, attention-deficit disorder 
A mental disorder characterized by inattention, easy distraction, careless mistakes and avoidance of tasks that require sustained mental focus. These… 
National Institutes of Health

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ATTENTION IMPAIRMENTAarskog syndromeAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive Type

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Child Behavior DisordersMental disorder in childhood

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2011
2011
Time to address stimulant abuse on our campuses
Universities and colleges need to do more to protect our young adults from and educate them about the dangers of illicit… 
2009
2009
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD is a complex disorder of impairment of brain functions, which burdens our society with significant financial costs. Its… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Visual slow brain potentials in children with attention deficit disorder
Using a two-stimulus reaction time paradigm, with two separate reward conditions (contingent and noncontingent), we compared slow… 
1991
1991
The Learning Disability of Attention Deficit Disorder
There has been much debate about whether attention det)cit disorder (ADD) requires special education intervention and whether ADD… 
1988
1988
Behavior disorder and attention deficits in boys with Tourette syndrome.
Abstract Behavior disorders in a group of Tourette syndrome (TS) boys and in a group of boys referred with behavior difficulties… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Prognosis of attention deficit disorder and its management of adolescence.
Historical Background The disorder now called attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH), which will soon be renamed… 
1986
1986
Evaluation of school performance: dyslexia and attention deficit disorder.
The primary focus of the diagnostic evaluation is to determine whether the child's problems fit the criteria for a diagnostic… 
1984
1984
Evaluation and Treatment of Children with Attention Deficit Disorders
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder in the pediatric age group: it affects 5% to 10% of… 
1984
1984
Urinary phenethylamine response to d-amphetamine in 12 boys with attention deficit disorder.
Urinary phenethylamine (PEA), an endogenous amine similar to amphetamine in both molecular structure and pharmacological… 
1982
1982
Attentional and perceptual disturbances in children with Tourette's syndrome, attention deficit disorder, and epilepsy.
Perceptual, motor, and neuromaturational competence were assessed using a battery of tasks with three groups of children with…