Elaboration of a patient management protocol for Hyperkinetic disorders in children and adolescents
Sukhotina, N.K.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 109(4): 43-49
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 19491809 Document Number: 629851
A paper reviews principles of elaboration of a patient management protocol for patients with hyperkinetic disorders. The data on clinical presentations, etiology and pathogenesis as well as approaches to diagnostics and systematics of this disorder, including questionable and unsolved aspects of the problem, which underlie these principles are discussed. The author emphasizes the necessity of further studies on clarifying and justification of some issues relating to diagnostics and treatment of hyperkinetic disorders. The data on elaboration of new classifications directly related to diagnostic criteria of ADHD and hyperkinetic disorders are presented.