• Toaster@lemmy.world
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    The researchers grouped three forms of ADHD identified in the imaging into familiar – and one less familiar – categories: predominantly inattentive; predominantly hyperactive/impulsive; and a more severe, combined presentation marked by emotional dysregulation or difficulty managing and responding to emotions in a controlled, appropriate way.

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    • disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD)
    • oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
    • unspecified mood disorders

    Cheers

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    Emotional regulation is something that my kid’s occupational therapist is totally aware of and working on. It would be really surprising if a child psychiatrist or child therapist were as “baffled” by it as the article seems to suggest.

    But it’s an important topic, especially in his case, and I learned a lot from the article.

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    Wasn’t there already research suggesting there is ADHD but without AD, ADHD but without H and also ADHD with both attention deficiancy and hyperactivity? Is this the same theory?

    Edit: better to read first and comment after, this is from the article:

    In the new study, the first two categories map neatly onto the way ADHD is currently diagnosed, dividing along a well-established line between difficulties with focus and problems with hyperactivity and impulse control.

    The third, however, pushes the field into new territory.

    This extreme subtype exhibited the most extensive changes across the brain – a total of 45 abnormal areas versus 26 each for the other two subgroups.

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    My childhood difficulties are making ever more sense…

    And I’m still struggling with emotions, they’re still overwhelming, and I think they’ve also overwhelmed a lot of the adults present in my childhood.

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      It must feel good to have some hard data to back it up with now, even if it’s just one small study it’ll make it easier for people to understand.