Hyperkinetic disorder

This article is about the former childhood-onset psychiatric syndrome. For disorders featuring pathologically increased muscle activity, see Hyperkinesia.
Hyperkinetic disorder
SpecialtyPsychiatry Edit this on Wikidata
SymptomsInattention,
hyperactivity,
impulsivity

Hyperkinetic disorder was a neuropsychiatric condition that was thought to emerge in early childhood. Its features included an enduring pattern of severe, developmentally-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity across different settings (e.g., home and school) that significantly impair academic, social, and work performance.[1] It was classified in the World Health Organization's ICD-10 and was roughly similar to the "combined presentation" of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5. However, in the ICD-11 the entry for hyperkinetic disorder no longer exists and is replaced by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.[2]

  1. ^ Banaschewski, Tobias; Rohde, Louis (2009). "Phenomenology". In Banaschewski, Tobias; Coghill, David; Danckaerts, Marina (eds.). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Hyperkinetic Disorder. Oxford, UK: OUP. pp. 3–18. ISBN 9780191576010.
  2. ^ "ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2024-02-13.