Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder without the Hyperactivity (ADD) is a condition of the brain that makes it difficult for children to control their behavior in school and social settings. This condition is also called by various names: hyperactivity, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage and hyperkinetic syndrome. In 1968 the name was changed to hyperkinectic, meaning wildly fast-paced or excited, reaction of childhood. The focus was on Hyperactive children who had …showed first 75 words of 1948 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1948 total…Vaituzis, Yolanda Vauss, Debra Kaysen, Amy Krain, Gail Ritchie, and Jagath Rajapakse. Also participating were: Daniel Dickstein, Brown, U.; Stacey Sarfatti, U. Of Pennsylvania; John Snell, Ph.D., U. Of Virginia; and Nicholas Lange, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. National Institutes of Health A child should undergo complete evaluation to ensure an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment. A child should undergo complete evaluation to ensure an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment.