Leonard F. Koziol, Deborah Ely Budding and Dana ChidekelSpringerBriefs in NeuroscienceADHD as a Model of Brain-Behavior Relationships201310.1007/978-1-4614-8382-3_23© The Author(s) 2013
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Abstract
The diagnostic categories of ADHD that group sets of heterogeneous symptoms have failed to align with the findings that have emerged from various disciplines in the neurosciences.
The diagnostic categories of ADHD that group heterogenous sets of symptoms together have failed to align with the findings that have emerged from various disciplines in the neurosciences. These symptoms were not grouped based on an understanding of neuropathology. When ADHD is described based solely upon observations of presenting signs and symptoms, consideration of the fundamental underlying mechanisms of dysfunction is excluded.

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