Commentary: ADHD and social disadvantage: An inconvenient truth? - A reflection on Russell et al. () and Larsson et al. ()

摘要

In the 1950s, many experts believed hyperkinesis was a neurotic reaction to inner conflicts arising from early family experiences. In the 1990s, many experts believed ADHD to be 'genetic' (without a mechanistic explanation of what that meant). Both views appear naive today in a scientific world grappling with the complexity of highly plastic gene expression, gene x environment interplay, and epi-genetic, context-dependent emergence of psychopa-thology. Both views also fail to account for the uncomfortable fact that ADHD is also associated with social disadvantage - a level of analysis required in a developmental psychopathology approach.