Attention deficit disorder : clinical and basic research ; [based on a conference of the European Brain and Behaviour Society held July 21-24, 1987 in Oslo, Norway

First published in 1988. This book grew out of an European Brain and Behaviour Society Workshop on Attention Deficit Disorder, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Hyperkinetic Syndrome, and related dysfunctions held in Oslo, Norway in 1987. Virtually millions of children and adults suffer from problems variously described as attention deficit disorder (ADD), minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), hyperkinetic syndrome, or, most recently, attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A main conclusion of the conference was that the attention problems of ADD children might be secondary to basic motor-control problems. Content: 1. Attention deficit disorder/hyperkinetic syndrome : conceptual and research issues regarding diagnosis and classification / Michael Rutter -- 2. Attention deficit disorder : clinical issues / Terje Sagvolden, Trevor Archer -- 3. On the epidemiology of hyperactivity / Eric Taylor -- 4. Critical issues in attention deficit disorder / Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz -- 5. The long-term outcome of the attention deficit disorder/hyperkinetic syndrome / Rachel Gittelman Klein and Salvatore Mannuzza -- 6. Six-year-old children with perceptual, motor and attentional deficits : outcome in the 6-year perspective / I. Carina Gillberg and Christopher Gillberg -- 7. Cerebral processes underlying neuropsychological and neuromotor impairment in children with ADD/MBD -- 8. The hypoarousal hypothesis : what is the evidence? / Hallgrim Klv?e -- 9. Activation : base-level and responsivity. A search for sub-types of ADDH children by means of electrocardiac, dermal, and respiratory measures / Eddy Brand and Harry van der Vlugt -- 10. The diagnostic significance of attentional processing : its significance for ADDH classification : a future DSM -- 11. The role of psychostimulants and psychosocial treaments in hyperkinesis / Rachel Gittelman Klein and Howard Abikoff -- 12. Practical aspects of dietary management of the hyperkinetic syndrome / Philip J. Graham -- 13. Basic mechanisms of drug action : catecholaminergic issues / Trevor Archer and Terje Sagvolden -- 14. Central stimulants, transmitters and attentional disorder : a perspective from animal studies / Trevor J. Robbins, G.H. Jones, and Barbara J. Sahakian -- 15. Neurotransmitters in attention deficit disorder / Lewis S. Seiden, Frederic E. Miller, and Thomas G. Heffner -- 16. Issues regarding possible therapies using cognitive enhancers / H.J. Normile, H.J. Altman, and Samuel Gershon -- 17. Model experiments of attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome / Trevor Archer and Terje Sagvolden -- 18. Results from a comparative neuropsychological research program indicate altered reinforcement mechanisms in children with ADD / Terje Sagvold [and others] -- 19. Neurotoxin-induced cognitive and motor activity modifications : a catecholamine connection / Trevor Archer -- 20. Dopamine and learning : implications for attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome / Richard J. Beninger -- 21. The cerebellum : motor skills, procedural learning, and memory and hyperactivity / Richard F. Thompson -- 22. Attention deficit disorder and hyperkinetic syndrome : biological perspectives / Robert D. Oades -- 23. Future perspectives on ADD : research an irresistible challenge / Terje Sagvolden and Trevor Archer. Based on a conference of the European Brain and Behaviour Society Workshop on Attention Deficit Disorder, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Hyperkinetic Syndrome and related dysfunctions held in Olso, Norway in 1987 Edited By Terje Sagvolden, Trevor Archer. Based On A Conference Of The European Brain And Behaviour Society Held July 21-24, 1987, In Oslo, Norway. Includes Bibliographies And Indexes.