attention deficit disorder
noun[U]
(alsoAttention Deficit Disorder,attention-deficit disorder,Attention-Deficit Disorder)uk/əˌten.ʃən ˈdef.ɪ.sɪt dɪˌsɔː.dər/us/əˌten.ʃən ˈdef.ə.sɪt dɪˌsɔːr.dɚ/(abbreviationADD)anameusedmainlyin the 1980s for aconditionin which someone,especiallyachild, is often in astateofactivityorexcitementandunabletodirecttheirattentiontowards what they are doing:
He was told he hadattentiondeficitdisorderafterrepeatedlygetting intotroubleatschool.
ApersonwithADHD,previouslyknownas attention-deficitdisorder(ADD), hastroublefocusingonactivities,organizingandfinishingtasks, andfollowinginstructions.
Synonym
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- More and morechildrenwere beingdiagnosedwith Attention Deficit Disorder.
- Hisadvicehashelpedcountlesssufferersof Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),formerlyknownas Attention-Deficit Disorder (ADD).
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- hysterically
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
- sundowning