TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ADHD and Executive Function Disorders A1 - Raynor, Geoffrey A1 - Gale, Seth A2 - Silbersweig, David A. A2 - Safar, Laura T. A2 - Daffner, Kirk R. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology: Principles and Practice AB - Attention deficit disorder (with or without hyperactivity) first appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) III in 1980,1 though reports of pathological inattention in children have appeared as early as the 18th century by physicians Melchior Weikard in Germany and Alexander Crichton in Scotland.2 Sir Alexander Crichton wrote in 1798 about patients who are, from birth, “incapable of attending with constancy to any one object of education.”3 Of the disorder, he wrote: “…but, it seldom is in so great a degree as totally to impede all instruction; and what is very fortunate, it is generally diminished with age.”3 In time, the diagnosis evolved through subsequent DSM editions to be divided into three subtypes: predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, and combined type. The diagnostic criterion regarding age of symptom onset was most recently expanded from 7 years to 12 years old.4 Given the natural variability of attentional traits and abilities between individuals,5,6 ongoing debate exists as to what severity of deficits “cross the threshold” to become a psychiatric illness.7 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1178762541 ER -