No: 11-12 / MENTAL FUNCTIONING OF HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN: CONRIBUTION OF PROJECTIVE METHODS

  • MENTAL FUNCTIONING OF HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN: CONRIBUTION OF PROJECTIVE METHODS

    Vincent Quartier
    Translated by: Neslihan Zabcı
    Summary :

    Practice and researches with ADHD children show some clinical heterogeneity within a same diagnosis? category. This review presents several (neuropsychological, developmental and psychodynamical) typology of ADHD. A closer attention will be paid to projectives methods? contributions (Rorschach) in this discussion. ADHD children consistency showed a decreased number of movement responses. By contrast, the mean numbers of responses and colour reactivity level might be discriminatory indices, which could help to think about different types of ADHD.

    Keywords : hyperactivity, ADHD, heterogeneity, Rorschach