Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) – Quick Summary of The Other Attention Disorder

 Published On May 1, 2024

00:00 Introduction to the Topic
01:21 Two-dimensional nature of symptoms of CDS
04:35 Best symptoms for identifying CDS
06:02 Various cognitive activities that might be occurring in CDS
09:56 Reviewing the various criteria for whether CDS should be viewed as a distinct mental disorder
17:26 Conclusion – CDS does seem to be a distinct mental condition from ADHD and other disorders.


Here I briefly discuss a second attention disorder previously called sluggish cognitive tempo but now known as cognitive disengagement syndrome (since 2022).

Reference

All of these findings are summarized in the Report of the Workgroup on Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to be found here. https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-...

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