History of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Hyperactivity has long been part of the human condition, although hyperactive behaviour has not always been seen as problematic.[1][page needed]
The terminology used to describe the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has gone through many changes over history, including "minimal brain damage", "minimal brain dysfunction", "learning/behavioral disabilities" and "hyperactivity". In the second edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-II (1968), the condition was called "Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood"(Hyperkinetic disorder). It was in the 1980 DSM-III that "ADD (Attention-Deficit Disorder) with or without hyperactivity" was introduced. In 1987 this label was further refined to "ADHD (Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)" in the DSM-III-R and subsequent editions, including the current DSM-5.[2]