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They didn't use the term in the 1960s, but they did talk about kids who could not sit still in the classroom. And they didn't, as far as I know, use speed then,
by cafard 4y ago
They didn't use the term in the 1960s, but they did talk about kids who could not sit still in the classroom. And they didn't, as far as I know, use speed then, but they did try other stuff. Sorry for no details, but I was a kid myself.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoIt was known as Minimal Brain Dysfunction in the original DSM(1952) and Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood in DSM-II(1968). But in fact use of amphetamine as a treatment goes all the way back to the 30s! And Ritalin(methylphenidate) appeared in the 1950s.