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International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Differential diagnosis between maladaptive daydreaming and ADHD: Immersive daydreaming is not simply inattention

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2025 · Cited by 4 papers · doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100616

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What this article backs

• Maladaptive Daydreaming ↑ Functional Impairment

• Maladaptive Daydreaming increases Functional Impairment.

In its own words

Maladaptive daydreaming (MD), a syndrome considered by dissociation researchers to represent a dissociative disorder, entails excessive, addictive immersion into narrative and emotional fantasies, impairing functioning and increasing distress.

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  The Comorbidity of Daydreaming Disorder... : Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease

  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease · Jul 1, 2017 High trust

  Backs 3 claims

  • Maladaptive Daydreaming ↑ Functional Impairment
  • Maladaptive Daydreaming ↔ Depressive Episode
  • Maladaptive Daydreaming ↔ Anxiety Comorbidity

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