Attention deficit disorder: research and prospect

Authors

  • Franz-Josef Hücker

Abstract

The controversial positions regarding the attention deficit disorder (ADD) are based on the desolate current research, caused by both the controversial aetiology and the symptomatic and diagnosis. Against this background, particularly the medical proceeding has to be considered as critical and a repositioning of psychotherapy has to be reached. To achieve this, it is advised to use the model of salutogenese accepted by pedagogues, physicians, and psychotherapists for the conceptional design of a new view on ADD. Therefore the focus of psychotherapy shifts from disease to well-being, which finally leads to a paradigm change. This new perception will also influence other disciplines and help to solve open issues concerning the research, and mainly to strengthen the constantly increasing number of affected individuals.

Key words:
Attention deficit disorder; Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; Hyperkinetic syndrome; Hyperactivity; Aetiology; Symptomatic; Diagnosis; Therapy; Salutogenese

Author Biography

Franz-Josef Hücker

Dr. Franz-Josef Hücker lebt und arbeitet als Berufspädagoge und Psychotherapeut in Berlin. Er ist auch international bekannt als Entwickler von Kommunikationssoftware für das Internet und Autor zahlreicher Publikationen, darunter der Long-seller „Metaphern: die Zauberkraft des NLP“ und der mit Adelheid Gehringer verfasste Psychothriller „Gotteskinder“ (AkazienVerlag, 2002).

Korrespondenz: Dr. Franz-Josef Hücker, Nollendorfstraße 10, 10777 Berlin, Deutschland

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Published

2005-04-01

How to Cite

Hücker, F.-J. (2005). Attention deficit disorder: research and prospect. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 41–46. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/365

Issue

No. 2 (2005): Psychotherapie Forum 13/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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