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Originally Posted by Darlene159
ADD=Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD=Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Both basically the same, it's just that one has hyperactivity also
ADD does exist, and it is not a mis-pronunciation
(sorry to post off-topic)
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Thats what they used to stand for... back in the day.... now we know more about the brain.
Damix... change your admin thing if your no admin.
Here you go;
The American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual, the DSM, lists 18 behaviors, from which a teacher can check off behaviors she observes in the potential patient or student. Likewise, the parent or caregiver does the same thing. In the current DSM, if one checks six or more of the nine, the individual is deemed to have ADHD.
APA... says look to the DSM (the manual) you will find no mention about ADD in DSM 4. DSM 5 is coming out soon.. and it also does not recognize the term ADD.
ONLY ADHD.
I post so you people can get the facts str8, when you gonna realize im not blowing smoke?