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Neuropsychological Assessment in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Wayne Levick
Wayne Levick*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle
*
Department of Paediatrics, John Hunter Hospital Locked Bag 1, Hunter Regional Mail Centre, Newcastle NSW 2310
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Abstract

Neuropsychological assessement of children with ADHD is reviewed in the light of recent research and clincial practice. Traditional psychometric approaches may fail to reveal dificiencies in such children and perfomance levels have to be considered with care due to teh potential confounding effects of attention deficit. Examination of qualitative features of preformance and extension of the range of assessment instruments to include those more sensitive to frontal systems dysfunction are proposed. The distinction between ADHD and specific learning disorders on the basis of neuropsychological assessment and the application in educational management is discussed.

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Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , May 1993 , pp. 15 - 21
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1993

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