ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY: A CRITIQUE
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 27 (3) , 307-319
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1986.tb01835.x
Abstract
— The DSM III category of Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity is considered within a framework of Rutter's (1977) outline of criteria for adequacy of psychiatry classification. Discussion of problems with the operationalization and deflnitiion of ‘attention deficit’ and the difficulty of using this rubric in distinguishing between ADDH and other related childhood disorders, along with the consequent failure to meet other important criteria, leads to the conclusion that the concept needs re‐appraisal.Keywords
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