Attention, Genes and ADHD
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Published: July 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781841691930
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Congenital diseases & disorders; Genetics (non-medical); Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychopathology - General; Genetics; Medical Genetics; Mental Disorders; Psychology; Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior; Developmental - Child; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Attention-deficit hyperactivit; Attention; Attention Deficit Disorder wit; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; Genetic aspects
First sentence: Clinical interest in problems of overactivity and attention goes back to lectures to the Royal Academy of Physicians by George Still (1902), who described a group of children manifesting a deficit in "volitional inhibition" or a deficit of moral control!