HYPERKINETIC BEHAVIOR, ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER, CONDUCT DISORDER AND INSTABILITE PSYCHOMOTRICE - IDENTITY, ANALOGIES, AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS - COMMENTARY

'Hyperkinetic behaviour', 'attention deficit disorder' and 'conduct di sorder' with antisocial aspects or delinquency are concepts frequently superimposed, They can be traced back to the classic nosological enti ty, 'instabilite psychomotrice', still used in French psychiatric noso graphy, In this paper, the different components of the condition are a nalyzed (emotional, attentional, posturo-motoric and behavioural) both in normal subjects and in cases of mild encephalopathies, and for dif ferent age groups, A criticism is advanced towards the undifferentiate d approach to the problem in the most current literature.