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By the 1970s many major researchers were investigating the syndrome… Virginia Douglas, in Canada, began to look broadly at the symptoms associated with hyperactivity and found four major traits to account for the clinical picture: 1) deficits in attention and effort, 2) impulsivity, 3) problems in regulating one’s level of arousal, and 4) the need for immediate reinforcement.
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Their exuberance filled the room even before they knew each other. It was as if, in some intuitive part of their minds, they already knew each other and how important the group would become. From the beginning they were ready for each other… I see the gift as evidence of just how important it was to the members of the group to be together and, at last, to be understood.
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