Hyperkinetic disorder

This article is about 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.