From: Developmental psychopathology: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
disorder | symptoms | Involved neuroanatomic regions |
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Substance abuse | Reduction of tension, enhancement of capacity to concentrate in certain situations, emotional stabilization | Striatum, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex |
Depressive disorders | Problems with concentration, lack of drive, feelings of exhaustion, self doubts, social isolation, sleeping problems | Prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, amygdala |
Anxiety Disorders | Self doubts, insecurity, phobic reactions, attention bias | Prefrontal cortex, anterior cinguler cortex, insular- and orbitofrontar cortex, amygdala, ventral striatum, grey layers |
Anti social personality disorder | Problems abiding to social norms, lower threshold for aggressive-violent behavior lack of adaptive problem solving strategies, low tolerance to frustration | Orbitofrontal cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex, limbic system |
Borderline-personality disorder | Disregulated emotional responsiveness, lack of adaptive problem solving strategies, affective instability, disorder of identity, instable but intensive relationships, inappropriate anger or problems to control anger | Orbitofrontal cortex, dorsolateral and ventromedial prefrontal cortex, amygdala |