Erschienen in:
21.01.2017 | Editorial
Combining epidemiological and neurobiological perspectives to characterize the lifetime trajectories of ADHD
verfasst von:
Philip Shaw, Guilherme V. Polanczyk
Erschienen in:
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Excerpt
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been conceptualized by DSM-5 [
1] as a neurodevelopmental disorder and included in the respective category grouped with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, communication disorders, specific learning disorders, and motor disorders. Neurodevelopmental disorders are thought to be the result of deviations of normal brain developmental processes and are characterized by an early onset during childhood, usually accompanied by neurocognitive deficits, and a steady course over time [
2]. …