Arildskov et al. (2021) provide compelling evidence regarding the importance and nature of functional impairment in advancing diagnostic assessment and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Their findings indicate that (a) ADHD is dimensional for both symptom severity and impairment, (b) symptoms and impairment are related but separate constructs, (c) diagnostic assessment should focus equally on symptoms and impairment, and (d) the symptom threshold for ADHD diagnosis is arbitrarily defined with respect to presence of impairment. Results from this study can be extended to raise the profile of functional impairment in research and clinical practice in terms of diagnostic assessment, treatment outcome measurement, improvements to diagnostic systems, and advancements in our understanding of ADHD as a disorder.

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ADHD 相关损伤的概念和诊断重要性：对 Arildskov 等人的评论。(2021)

Arildskov 等人。(2021) 提供了令人信服的证据，证明功能障碍在推进注意力缺陷/多动障碍 (ADHD) 的诊断评估和治疗方面的重要性和性质。他们的研究结果表明 (a) ADHD 是症状严重程度和损害的维度，(b) 症状和损害是相关但独立的结构，(c) 诊断评估应同样关注症状和损害，以及 (d) 症状阈值ADHD 诊断是根据是否存在损伤来任意定义的。这项研究的结果可以扩展到在诊断评估、治疗结果测量、诊断系统的改进以及我们对 ADHD 作为一种疾病的理解方面的进步，以提高研究和临床实践中功能障碍的概况。