Talk:History of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Rename page History of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

I propose the page be renamed History of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder because all other subpages use the full name instead of the acronym ADHD. Sifaka ^talk 20:59, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Terminology section lacks citations

The first two paragraphs feature only one citation between the two of them, and the source used for that citation only mentions that "Hyperkinetic Reaction" was included in the DSM-II, which was published in 1968. The source used does not mention attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder anywhere.-- 20:51, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism detected in the References Section

I'd like to report, to whom interested may be, that someone vandalized the References section. Thus, do not paste and glue the reference number 1 for it contains the following statement: i think star wars is cooltal.

ADD as an allegedly separate disorder

It is extremely common for people to claim that “ADD” is a separate disorder from ADHD (which is equated with ADHD-PH), and that the DSM once had it listed alongside ADHD. They are always very vague about what edition this would be though.

As it stands, this article says that “ADD” existed in the DSM-III from 1980 to 1987 with and without hyperactivity, and the term has not existed at any other time. It has never, ever, referred specifically to ADHD-PI. There thus seems to be zero reason to use “ADD” to mean “ADHD-PI”, zero reason to ever use ”ADD” to refer to your ADHD unless you were diagnosed in the Eighties, and scanty reason to use it even in that case, since you've had over thirty goddamn years to get with the times.

Is this accurate? I can't find a full text of old editions of the DSM to verify. Correctrix (talk) 02:18, 30 October 2020 (UTC)