MBD
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9.6
- noun
- Archaic
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DMC
- Boys diagnosed with MBD often struggle with attention and focus in school.
Examples
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The symptoms of MBD can vary greatly, affecting each child differently in terms of behavior and learning.
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Parents of children with MBD may seek behavioral therapy to help improve their child's learning abilities.
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Bradley (1937) found that psycho-stimulant drugs tended to have a paradoxical effect on children afflicted with physiological problems, neurological issues, or MBD/CNS complications.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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4.0
A condition that makes it hard to pay attention, stay still and control impulses in daily life
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4.0
A condition where children have trouble paying attention and often act without thinking or are very restless
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3.6
A condition that makes it hard to pay attention and sometimes makes people very active or act without thinking
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3.7
A health problem that harms the brain and how it works
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3.8
A condition often in children causing trouble paying attention, being very active and acting without thinking
A condition in children that makes them restless and have trouble paying attention, now called ADHD
A mild brain problem in children, often in boys, that causes problems with behaviour and learning
A health problem in children, often boys, causing too much activity, trouble behaving and learning problems
Surface Forms
Etymology
MBD comes from the phrase minimal brain dysfunction, a name doctors once used for some children's learning and behavior problems. Think of 'minimal brain' as a small or hard-to-see brain problem to remember why the term pointed to the brain, but the term is no longer used today.