Reactive aggression in young patients with ADHD-a critical role for small provocations.

The article presents a study on reactive aggression in young patients with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Topics covered include reactive aggression being conceptualized as a response to some perceived provocation and is enacted in an impulsive manner and the results of a study showing a positive correlation between aggression during the point subtraction aggression game (PSAG) with dopamine activity in the striatum and midbrain.