Hyperkinetic behaviour, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder and instabilité psychomotrice: identity, analogies, and misunderstandings. Commentary to Gordon's paper (Brain Dev 1994; 15: 169-72).
'Hyperkinetic behaviour', 'attention deficit disorder' and 'conduct disorder' with antisocial aspects or delinquency are concepts frequently superimposed. They can be traced back to the classic nosological entity, 'instabilité psychomotrice', still used in French psychiatric nosography. In this paper, the different components of the condition are analyzed (emotional, attentional, posturo-motoric and behavioural) both in normal subjects and in cases of mild encephalopathies, and for different age groups. A criticism is advanced towards the undifferentiated approach to the problem in the most current literature.
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Divisione e Cattedra di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Istituto G Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D011187:Posture; D009626:Terminology as Topic