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Information Processing and Energetic Factors in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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Handbook of Disruptive Behavior Disorders

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Currently, children and adolescents with an excess of hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive behavior are diagnosed as Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD; see the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders {DSM-IV}, American Psychiatric Association, 1994, and chapter 1, this volume).

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Children now diagnosed as ADHD have, in past research, been categorized under a number of labels. In this chapter, we uniformly use the term ADHD to describe all “hyperactive” and “attention-deficit” research subjects.

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