What is Appreciation Deficit Disorder?

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September 9, 2020

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by a group of symptoms centered around a person's inability to sustain focused attention on a task, avoiding such tasks, and being easily distracted. It may also include impulsivity and hyperactivity components, and is widely diagnosed in more than 1 in 10 children today (and 1 in 25 adults). The cause of ADHD remains unknown.

Since the early part of this century, doctors have ascribed an array of names to this constellation of behaviors among them hyperkinesis, hyperactivity, minimal brain damage and minimal brain dysfunction. In the late 1970s, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) became the accepted term.

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According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), ADHD is characterized by a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity or impulsivity that is more frequent and severe than is typically observed in individuals at a comparable level of development.”

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