attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
noun[U]
(USalsoattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)uk/əˌten.ʃən ˌdef.ɪ.sɪt ˌhaɪ.pər.ækˈtɪv.ə.ti dɪˌsɔː.dər/us/əˌten.ʃən ˌdef.ɪ.sɪt ˌhaɪ.pɚ.ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i dɪˌsɔːr.dɚ/(abbreviationADHD)aconditionin which someone,especiallyachild, is often in astateofactivityorexcitementandunabletodirecttheirattentiontowards what they are doing:
（尤指儿童的）注意力缺乏多动障碍Thedrugisprescribedto millions ofchildrenand agrowingnumberofadultswithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder.
Heroldestsonhassevereattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder.
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attention deficit disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is acommonproblemamongchildrenwhostruggleatschool.
- Thestudysuggeststhatchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisordercanbenefitfromparticipatingin moreoutdooractivities.
- Thechildwas takingmedicationforattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder.
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivitydisorder(ADHD) ismarkedby acontinuingpatternofinattention,hyperactivity, and impulsivity thatinterfereswithfunctioningordevelopment.
- Thewebsitehasresourcesforchildrenandadultswith Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder andtheirfamilies.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- psychosis
- self-alienation
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome