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World J Psychiatr. Dec 22, 2015; 5(4): 379-386
Published online Dec 22, 2015. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i4.379
Published online Dec 22, 2015. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v5.i4.379
Table 1 Terminology used in medical reports and textbooks in the 18th and 19th century to describe symptoms of inattention or hyperactivity resembling to the current concept of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder leading to Sir George F Still clinical descriptions
Ref. | Year | Term |
Melchior Adam Weikard[39,41] | 1775 | Attention Deficit (“Mangel der Aufmerksamkeit” or “Attentio Volubilis”) |
Alexander Crichton[46] | 1798 | Disease of attention |
Benjamin Rush[53] | 1812 | A syndrome involving inability to focus attention |
Charles West[55] | 1848 | The nervous child |
Heinrich Neumann[67] | 1859 | Hypermetamorphosis |
Désiré-Magloire Bourneville[69,70] | 1885 | Mental instability |
Thomas Clifford Albutt[57] | 1892 | Unstable nervous system |
Thomas Smith Clouston[63] | 1899 | Simple hyperexcitability |
George F Still[15] | 1902 | Abnormal defect of moral control |
- Citation: Martinez-Badía J, Martinez-Raga J. Who says this is a modern disorder? The early history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. World J Psychiatr 2015; 5(4): 379-386
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v5/i4/379.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v5.i4.379