'Shine bright like a diamond!': is research on high‐functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream?. (14th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lesch, Klaus‐Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines. Volume 59:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 191
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2018-02-14
• Subjects: Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child psychiatry -- Periodicals; 155.4
• DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12887
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9630

Abstract

Abstract : The paper by Greven and colleagues (this issue) is intensifying discussion how research on attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be moved away from the deficit‐focused view to a concept, which is oriented towards resources a patient might be able to recruit to function at a high‐level despite impairments. To promote understanding of high‐functioning (HF)‐ADHD, more longitudinal studies are required employing neuropsychologic, neuroimaging and neurobiologic approaches, with focus on compensatory mechanisms during fronto‐striatal‐amygdala maturation and adult plasticity as well as epigenetic modification marker screening strategies to identify homoeostatic processes of resilience in endophenotypic traits related to coping styles of target groups.