Hi
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Jim Guinee wrote:
> > From: Robin Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: is there an ASD?
> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Michael Sylvester wrote:
> > > We know of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder).Is there an opposite
> > > phenomenon that can be labelled ASD (Attention Surplus Disorder)?
> > >
> > Arguable, OCD.
>
> How about mania?
I suspect that all three of these conditions are more alike than
different. One speculative characterization would be that they
all involve some kind of inhibitory dysfunction. That manifests
itself as: (1) a failure to inhibit distracting events and
thoughts in ADHD, (2) a failure to inhibit a consuming or
habitual thought or action in OCD, and (3) a failure to inhibit
affective and behavioral effects of arousal in mania. A number
of years ago, Gorenstein and someone else wrote a nice Psych
Bulletin (or Review, I forget) article arguing for a general
inhibitory dysfunction in many clinical phenomena. I think it is
still a sound idea.
Best wishes
Jim
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