Other and older names for ADHD

ADHD has (had) many different names:

• ADHD - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: internationally used term, means the totality of all subtypes
• ADHD-C - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type (subtype: ADHD-C)
• ADHD-HI, ADHD-H/I, ADHD-H, ADHD-PH - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Hyperactive (Subtype: Predominantly Hyperactive)
• ADHD-I, ADHD-PI - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Predominantly Inattentive (subtype: predominantly inattentive)
• ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder (subtype: predominantly inattentive, international designation)
• ADD-H - Attention Deficit Disorder + Hyperactivity (subtype: predominantly hyperactive, outdated international term)
• ADDRET ADD Residual Type
• ADHD-I - Attention Deficit Syndrome (subtype: predominantly inattentive, colloquial)
• ADHD-HI - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
  • On the one hand: collective term for ADHD-HI with all subtypes
  • On the other hand: more special designation for subtype: predominantly hyperactive, in distinction to ADHD-I as subtype: without hyperactivity
• Attention and hyperactivity disorder (designation according to DSM-III-R, 1989)
• Attention deficit disorder with/without hyperactivity (designation according to DSM-III, 1984)
• DAMP - Deficits in Attention, Motor Control and Perception. Common name for ADHD-HI in Scandinavia.
• Figyelemhiányos hiperaktivitás-zavar - ADHD in Hungarian
• Brain dysfunction, mild or minimal
• HKS - Hyperkinetic Syndrome / Hyperkinetic Disorder (Designation according to ICD 9, 1982)
• Hyperactive children (for ADHD-HI)
• Hyperactivity disorder (for ADHD-HI)
• Hyperkinesis
• Hypoactivity (subtype: predominantly inattentive, Simchen)
• Kramer-Pollnow syndrome (according to the authors of “Hyperkinetic conditions in childhood”, 1930 and “On a hyperkinetic disorder in childhood”, 1932)¹
• MBD - Minimal Brain Damage / Minimal Brain Dysfunction
• McD - Minimal celebral dysfunction: term used for ADHD in the 1970s
• MzD - minimal cerebral dysfunction: term for ADHD in the 70s
• PSO - Psychoorganic Syndrome (Switzerland)
• Sensory integration disorder
• (Síndrome de) Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad (TDAH) - ADHD in Spanish
• Partial performance disorders (rather inaccurate, actually refers to dyslexia, dyscalculia, face blindness, and other partial performance disorders)
• Trouble déficit d’attention/hyperactivité (Trouble du déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité) (TDAH) - ADHD in French
• Delayed brain maturation
• Perceptual disorder
• Central auditory processing disorder