Minimal Brain Dysfunction

Minimal Brain Dysfunction (MBD)
A medical and psychological term originally used to refer to the learning difficulties that seemed to result from identified or presumed damage to the brain.

(ADHD), formerly called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction, a chronic, neurologically based syndrome characterized by any or all of three types of behavior: hyperactivity, distractibility, and impulsivity.

ADHD, once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction , is one of the most common mental disorders among children. It affects 3 to 5% of all children.

ADHD, once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction, is a common mental disorder among children. It affects some 3-5% of all children - perhaps as many as 2 million American children. Two to three times more boys than girls are affected.

At various times, ADHD has been called attention-deficit disorder (ADD), hyperactivity, and even minimal brain dysfunction. But ADHD is the preferred term because it more accurately describes all aspects of the condition.

minimal brain damage (1930).
minimal brain dysfunction (1960).
hyperkinetic reaction of childhood (1968).
attention deficit disorder (ADD) with or without hyperactivity (1980).

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language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, ...

caused by any serious underlying physical or mental disorder and is characterized esp. by difficulty in sustaining attention, by impulsive behavior (as in speaking out of turn), and usu. by excessive activity. Called also Minimal Brain Dysfunction.

See also: Attention deficit, Symptom, Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, Hyperactivity