PSY341H1 Chapter 5: PSY341 Chapter 5.pdf
Document Summary
Heinrich hoffmann (1845: german neurologist, wrote child storybook, first known accounts of hyperactivity, humor poem, describing fidgety phil , more recent article, about dusty n. Life in overdrive : hyperactive: constantly in motion. Inattentive: not focusing on mealtime demands and behaving carelessly. Overwhelming feelings (frustration, being different, not fitting in, etc. ) High costs: b/year (2005, ,000/child (2005) Focused attention on children with adhd symptoms: symptoms first described as disorder by george still (1902) Believed arose out of: poor inhibitory volition, defective moral control. 1917-1926: another view of adhd rose, from worldwide influenza epidemic, children developed encephalitis and survived, experienced multiple beh. problems, these children and others suffered. 1940s and 1950s: display beh. problems, labeled brain injured child syndrome , associated with mental retardation, this label erroneously applied to others with similar beh, but no evidence of brain damage, or mental retardation, led to terms.
