AD/HD
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) refers to a cluster of
behaviours that make a child underachieve for their intellect and/or
‘under-behave’ both at school and at home. The term Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder originates from the 4th Edition of the
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association
(DSMIV). According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA)(1994),
the insertion of a slash between the letters AD/HD is to indicate that
some children suffer only from having attention difficulties, others
from only having hyperactivity and impulsiveness, and others from both
kinds of problems. AD/HD is not a new condition; it was proposed as a
distinct medical condition by an English paediatrician, George Still, in
1902, to describe children who had difficulty sustaining their
attention, were often resistant to discipline, showed difficulty to
restrain their behaviour, had poor emotional control and whose level of
hyperactivity was such that it interfered with their daily functioning (Myttas,
2004). AD/HD can have a significant impact on the life of the person
with the disorder and his/her family.
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