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‘Shine bright like a diamond!’: is research on high‐functioning ADHD at last entering the mainstream?
Author(s) -
Lesch KlausPeter
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.12887
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroimaging , psychological resilience , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , amygdala , developmental psychology , coping (psychology) , mainstream , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , theology
The paper by Greven and colleagues (this issue) is intensifying discussion how research on attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) can be moved away from the deficit‐focused view to a concept, which is oriented towards resources a patient might be able to recruit to function at a high‐level despite impairments. To promote understanding of high‐functioning ( HF )‐ ADHD , more longitudinal studies are required employing neuropsychologic, neuroimaging and neurobiologic approaches, with focus on compensatory mechanisms during fronto‐striatal‐amygdala maturation and adult plasticity as well as epigenetic modification marker screening strategies to identify homoeostatic processes of resilience in endophenotypic traits related to coping styles of target groups.