ABSTRACT
It is often the case in clinical enterprises that treatment has proceeded without the underpinnings of empirical data and often without the confidence that would be provided by a sound research base. This has certainly been the case for all of us working in the field of adult Attention Deficit Disorders. Many of us began only a few short years ago to evaluate adults with attention disorders whose problems were recognized because we had worked with their clearly ADHD children. At that time, we were developing diagnostic protocols that approximated our clinical needs but were not anchored in research data. For that matter, there was not even consensus as to what kinds of behavior patterns were characteristic of adults with Attention Deficit Disorders.
