scholarly journals Adult attention-deficit hyperkinetic disorder: From clinical reality toward conceptual clarity

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Jyoti Prakash ◽  
K Chatterjee ◽  
S Guha ◽  
K Srivastava ◽  
VS Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Hyperkinetic Disorder ◽  
Clinical Reality ◽  
Conceptual Clarity

Core dimensions of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2020 ◽  
pp. 301-308
Author(s):  
Eric Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Hyperkinetic Disorder ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

This chapter presents an account of the clinical picture of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the severe form hyperkinetic disorder. They are disabilities that change with development and are often accompanied by other problems that can mask it or themselves be masked by it. Clinical and standardized ways of making the diagnosis are described. Inattentiveness and impulsive hyperactivity are rewarding challenges for diagnosis and treatment in adulthood, as well as during childhood and adolescence.

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Banaschewski ◽  
David Coghill ◽  
Marina Danckaerts ◽  
Manfred Dpfner ◽  
Luis Rohde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Hyperkinetic Disorder ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

Features in Families of Boys with Hyperkinetic and Emotional Disorders

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 849-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Niederhofer ◽  
B. Hackenberg ◽  
R. Stier ◽  
K. Lanzendörfer ◽  
G. Kemmler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Emotional Disorder ◽  
Healthy Control Group ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Hyperkinetic Disorder ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Matched Healthy Control ◽  
Healthy Control

Standardized assessment of a family's characteristics (conflict management, cohesion, etc.) is not used routinely, although these variables may play an important role in the course of psychological disorders in children. The present study investigated differences within the features of families of children with hyperkinetic and emotional disorders. Families of 20 boys diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperkinetic Disorder and 20 boys with Emotional Disorder (ages 6–12 years) by giving the Mannheim Parents Interview and the teacher's form of the Conners scale were included for evaluation and compared with a matched, healthy control group of 20 boys. Parents were asked to complete a form assessing the family's characteristics (“Familienklima-Testsystem”), including Cohesion, Expressiveness, Conflict Tendency, Individual Independence, Achievement Orientation, Intellectual-Cultural Orientation, Active-Recreational Orientation, Moral-Religious Emphasis, and Organization. Comparison of groups was made by the Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test. There are significantly more conflicts in families whose children belong to the two disorder groups. Compared with a matched healthy control group, there is low Expressiveness, Independence, and Cultural and Active-Recreational Orientation in the Emotional Disorder group and a significant lack of Organization and Cohesion in the Attention Deficit Hyperkinetic Disorder group. Altogether there seems to be a significant association of Attention Deficit Hyperkinetic Disorder symptoms with the family's Cohesion and Organization. One implication is that therapists focus their efforts not only on the children with disorders but also on their families.

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