(attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity). According to the experts, attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) has probably always existed. However, it was only described clinically at the beginning of the 20th century. He has had several denominations: hyperactive child syndrome (first appearance in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1968), attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (1980), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD (1987).
Today, we use the terms attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD), adopted in 2000 in Quebec, which we used for this record.