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attention deficit disorders  

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  • First classified as a psychiatric disorder in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association in 1981 as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, that is, as one condition with two different manifestations. DSM-III, revised in 1987, distinguished them as two different conditions, while DSM-IV (1994) has reclassified them as the same disorder. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Attention Deficit Disorders]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FLZG0T98-M

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