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It is only since the 1950's have children been classified as having "hyper kinetic impulse disorder" which was accepted as a brain damage syndrome. In the 1960's, Stella Chess described the "hyperactive child syndrome' which described children who displayed hyperactive tendencies but whom had not suffered from a brain injury. In the 1970's, children who displayed hyperkinesias demonstrated more prevalence toward attention deficits than toward hyperactivities. However, it was not until 1980 the DSM-II (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version II) recognized Hyperkinetic Reaction in Children as a diagnosable mental disorder (Classification of ADHD throughout History).
Since the American Psychiatric Association (APA) recognized "ADHD" as a diagnosable mental illness, the criteria for making a diagnosis have been updated and published in the DSM manual revisions. The first of these revisions occurred in the DSM-III (1980), which titled the diagnosis "Attention Deficit Disorder without Hyperactivity. In 1987, the DSM-IIIR was released changing the diagnosis to "Undifferentiated Attention Deficit Disorder." The final version of the DSM-IV was released in 1994. This version labeled the diagnosis "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" and contained additional criteria for assessing a child as ADHD. Problems in Identification and Assessment of ADHD
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