| The history of the ADHD started when Sir Alexander | | | | behavior that the child shows. It is maybe a hereditary |
| Crichton described it as a mental restlessness during | | | | condition. He was able to observe a 6-year old boy |
| the year 1798 in his book. The term used for the | | | | who kept his attention to a game for more than a |
| ADHD symptoms has gone through several changes. | | | | short time. This boy was diffident to school |
| The term ADHD is objectionable to many people. | | | | attainments but he appeared to be very intelligent just |
| Some use ADHD-I, ADD and AADD when they | | | | like any other child. |
| describe those who lack hyperactivity and mostly | | | | The terms ADD and ADHD are two different things. |
| among adults and older adolescents. | | | | They do not have the same syndrome that has |
| During the eighteenth century, Sir Alexander Crichton | | | | different variation. During the mid-20th century, the |
| explained it in his book as the incapacity of having | | | | clinical definition of ADHD was known but by other |
| attention with a constant degree to an object. It arose | | | | names. Many doctors such as physicians develop a |
| from morbid sensibility of the nerves. It is maybe an | | | | diagnosis for a group of conditions that referred to as |
| inborn or an effect of accidental disease. He observed | | | | minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, minimal |
| that there are people who have this kind of condition | | | | brain disorder, hyperactivity, and learning/ behavioral |
| seem to have restlessness. They are those who walk | | | | disabilities. |
| up and down the room, moves a table excitedly, etc. | | | | This has become a problem since they have |
| The observations of Crichton known as the Inattention | | | | expanded through the years. Let's take the example: |
| subtype of ADHD included attentional problems, early | | | | there are those children who have no brain damage |
| onset, restlessness and how it can affect going to | | | | but in the syndrome, it indicated brain damage. It |
| school. He was ahead of his own time because he | | | | seemed not appropriate. |
| was able to study and observe the ADHD. | | | | ' |
| In the 20th century, the father of British pediatrics, Sir | | | | In the year 1968, the DSM-II called it "Hyperkinetic |
| George Frederick Still did not use the current | | | | Reaction of Childhood". But many professionals were |
| terminology for this kind of condition. He was able to | | | | aware about some children who do not have |
| described 43 children who have problems with | | | | hyperactivity. So during the year 1980, it was called |
| self-regulation and attention. They were often | | | | ADD (Attention- Deficit Disorder) with or without the |
| aggressive, insolent and resistant to discipline. | | | | hyperactivity syndrome. But during the year 1987, |
| He was able to write about the ADHD that "there is a | | | | ADHD was introduced. It has three sub-types such as |
| defect of moral consciousness by which it can never | | | | the one who includes the hyperactivity component and |
| be counted as the fault of the environment." According | | | | the one has none. |
| to him, there is a biological tendency to the kind of | | | | |