The earliest ADHD-like symptoms (1902) were associated with

Question

Question 1 options:

A)

post-encephalitic behaviors.

B)

hyperkinetic reactions.

C)

morbid defect of moral control.

D)

minimal brain dysfunction.

Answer 1

The earliest ADHD-like symptoms recorded in 1902 were associated with:

C) morbid defect of moral control.

This term was used by British pediatrician Sir George Frederick Still when he described children with behavioral issues that resembled what we now understand as ADHD.