Coping.org: Tools for Coping with Life's Stressors

Different Names for ADHD Through the years:

  • 1902 Defects in moral character

  • 1934 Organically driven

  • 1940 Minimal Brain Syndrome

  • 1957 Hyperkinetic Impulse Disorder

  • 1960 Minimal Brain Dysfunction (MBD)

  • 1968 Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood (DSM II)

  • 1980 Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD (DSM III) with-hyperactivity without-hyperactivity residual type

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