title: Requiem for a diagnosis: attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: This editorial discusses the diagnosis of ADHD from behavioral and neuropsychological viewpoints. The DSM and clinical neuropsychology offer two completely different nomenclatures while brain-behavior relationships do not easily "map" on to the symptom picture of ADHD. Neuropsychological evaluation offers specificity in identifying and treating individual ADHD presentations, avoiding the heterogeneity inherent in the DSM diagnosis of ADHD.
authors: Leonard F
authors: LF
authors: Koziol
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Budding
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000592:standards*