DAMP syndrome: another approach to the ADHD child

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2011-04-30

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Fernández-Ramos, J., Burgos-Marín, R., Camino-León, R., López-Laso, E., Rico del Viejo, A. B., Sánchez-Cano, I. R., & Aguilar Quintero, M. (2011). DAMP syndrome: another approach to the ADHD child. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 28(4), 27–35. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/211

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Review article

Authors

  • J Fernández-Ramos Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • R Burgos-Marín Unidad de Salud Mental Infanto-Juvenil. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • R Camino-León Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • E López-Laso Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • A B Rico del Viejo Unidad de Salud Mental Infanto-Juvenil. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • I Roncero Sánchez-Cano Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
  • M Aguilar Quintero Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía

Keywords:

ADHD, children, DAMP, developmental coordination disorder

Abstract

The definition for ADHD within the DSM-IV-TR doesn’t refer to the evidence of any European papers which show a higher frequency of motor impairment or alterations in the development of coordination in children with hyperkinetic disorders. In 1989, the American Academy of Psychiatry includes the diagnostic category of Developmental Disorder Coordination (DCD) to diagnose children with difficulties in the development of motor skills. There is a clinical phenotype characterized as a separated entity with criteria for ADHD and DCD, in the absence of mental retardation and cerebral palsy, described by scandinavian authors in the 70’s and known by the acronym DAMP (Deficit in Attention, Motor control and Perception), which occurs in up to 50% of patients with both diagnoses. The natural history of children with DAMP is less favorable than pure ADHD, with greater risk of school failure and even of bullying. The neurologists, pediatricians and pediatric psychiatrists must recognize and evaluate motor and coordination difficulties of these patients and make appropriate recomendations. Our aim is to note the importance of motor disorders in children with ADHD and contribute to spread differential diagnosis and therapeutic approaches. 

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Author Biography

J Fernández-Ramos, Unidad de Neurología Pediátrica. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría y sus Especialidades, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía

Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Pediatría del Hospital Infanta Margarita

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