Attention deficits and hyperactivity–impulsivity: What have we learned, what next?. (17th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nigg, Joel T.
• Editors: Cicchetti, Dante
• Is Part Of: Development and psychopathology. Volume 25:Number 4: Part 2(2013)
• Page Start: 1489
• Page End: 1503
• Publication Date: 2013-12-17
• Subjects: Child psychopathology -- Periodicals; Developmental psychology -- Periodicals; Psychology, Pathological -- Periodicals; 618.9289
• DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000734
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-5794

Abstract

Abstract: The domains of self-regulation, self-control, executive function, inattention, and impulsivity cut across broad swathes of normal and abnormal development. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is a common syndrome that encompasses a portion of these domains. In the past 25 years research on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder has been characterized by dramatic advances in genetic, neural, and neuropsychological description of the syndrome as well as clarification of its multidimensional phenotypic structure. The limited clinical applicability of these research findings poses the primary challenge for the next generation. It is likely that clinical breakthroughs will require further refinement in describing heterogeneity or clinical/biological subgroups, renewed focus on the environment in the form of etiological events as well as psychosocial contexts of development, and integration of both with biological understanding.