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The behaviors listed above are symptomatic of an attention deficit disorder (ADD) syndrome that manifests itself daily in the workplace.—Mark Settle, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Low levels can cause behavioral problems, loss of IQ and attention deficit disorders.—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 As a teenager, he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, severe depression and bipolar disorder.—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024 Health impacts of endocrine disruptors The growing scientific literature suggests that endocrine disruptors could play a part in conditions including attention deficit disorder and impulse control disorders, Bloom added.—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for attention deficit disorder
: a condition that is characterized by an inability to maintain attention or by excessively active and impulsive behavior or by a combination of both and that interferes with one's ability to function in school, home, work, or with others
In the early 1980s, the third DSM added a condition it called "attention deficit disorder", listing two types: attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity … and attention deficit disorder as the subtype without the hyperactivity. However, seven years later, a revised DSM (DSM-III-R) replaced ADD (and its two sub-types) with ADHD …—Kathy Gibbs, Griffith University
—abbreviation ADD
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