Concentration Deficit Disorder (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo) in childhood, ADHD subtype or a distinct disorder? A case report
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2015-09-25
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Calvo Rivera, M. P., Girela Serrano, B., & Herreros, Óscar. (2015). Concentration Deficit Disorder (Sluggish Cognitive Tempo) in childhood, ADHD subtype or a distinct disorder? A case report. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, 32(3), 149–154. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/94
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Concentration Deficit Disorder, Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, Attention Deficit Disorder, social withdrawalAbstract
It is reported the case of a 17-year-old patient with a symptomatology compatible with both an attentional disorder as a social relationship disorder treated in our Child & Adolescent Mental Health Outpatient Unit. It is described the differential diagnosis and the treatment and evolution of the patient.
Before this, we discuss the diagnostic options, and especially the disorder named as Concentration Deficit Disorder or Sluggish Cognitive Tempo. Its more relevant characteristics are review as they are described in the recent medical literature.
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3. Barkley RA. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A handbook for diagnosis & treatment, 4th edition. Guilford Press: New York; 2015.
4. Barkley RA. Sluggish cognitive tempo (concentration deficit disorder?): current status, future directions and a plea to change the name. J Abnorm Child Psychol 2014; 42: 117-125.
5. Crichton A. An inquiry into the nature and origin of mental derangement: comprehending a concise system of the physiology and pathology of the human mind and a history of the passions and their effects. London: T. Cadell Hr. & W. Davies; 1798. Citado por: Barkley RA. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. A handbook for diagnosis & treatment, 4th edition. Guilford Press: New York; 2015.
6. Barkley RA. Distinguishing sluggish cognitive tempo from ADHD in children and adolescents: executive functioning, impairment and comorbidity. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 2013; 42: 161-173.
7. Garner A, Marceaux JC, Mrug S, Patterson C, Hodgens B. Dimensions and correlates of attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder and sluggish cognitive tempo. J Abnorm Child Psychol 2010; 38: 1097-1107.
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9. Huang-Pollock CL, Nigg JT, Carr TH. Deficient attention is hard to find: Applying the perceptual load model of selective attention to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder subtypes. J Child Psychol Psychiatr 2005; 46: 1211-1218.
10. Lee SY, Burns GL, Sneell J, Macburnett K. Validity of the sluggish cognitive tempo symptom dimension in children: Sluggish cognitive tempo and ADHD-inattention and distinct symptom dimensions. J Abnorm Child Psychol 2014; 42: 7-19.
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