ADHD and the Nature of Self-Control
Russell A. Barkley presents a comprehensive theoretical framework defining ADHD not merely as an attention deficit, but as a primary disorder of self-control and behavioral inhibition. He argues that impairments in inhibition disrupt four essential executive functions: nonverbal working memory, internalized speech, emotion regulation, and reconstitution.
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