Names of ADHD Through the Years
ADHD / ADD has been known by different names throughout its relatively short history. Below you will find some of them:
- fidgeties
- post encephalitic disorder
- defeat in moral character
- minimal cerebral dysfunction
- minimal brain injury
- hyperactivity
- hyperkenetic reactions in children
- hyperkenesis
- perceptual problems
- emotional problems
- undifferentiated attention disorder
- attention deficit disorder with / without hyperactivity
- executive dysfunction
- attention disregulation disorder
There is no reason to suspect the name will not continue to change as research unfolds.