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minimal brain dysfunction

minimal brain dysfunction Minimal brain dysfunction is an older diagnostic label that was used for children with hard-to-manage behavior before ADHD became the more established psychiatric term.

Minimal brain dysfunction is an older diagnostic label that was used for children with hard-to-manage behavior before ADHD became the more established psychiatric term. In the source, it is described as a broad and poorly defined category that often did not clearly distinguish socially troublesome behavior from a smaller number of biologically based difficulties.