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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: an overview

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Assessment of clinical, family, psychopharmacologic, neurobiological, and outcome studies found multiple reports describing adults with clinical features highly reminiscent of the childhood ADHD, suggesting converging lines of evidence support the validity of ADHD in adults.
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This article is published in Biological Psychiatry.The article was published on 2000-07-01. It has received 650 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder & Developmental disorder.

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Contrasting Emotion Processing and Response Inhibition Deficits in ADHD and Bipolar Disorder

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Table of Table of contents of the paper "Acknowledgements and acknowledgements of the authors" (http://www.sal.org.

Universidade federal do rio grande do sul faculdade de medicina programa de pós - graduação em ciências médicas: psiquiatria

TL;DR: A history of CD and ODD entail a significant negative mental health impact on persistent ADHD, reinforcing the predictive validity of these entities in adulthood mental health, and suggest a link among neurodevelopmental deficits, personality characteristics, and unfolding of psychopathology consistent with the behavioral disinhibition cascade.
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Physician handling of prescription stimulants.

Harry A Croft
- 01 Mar 2005 - 
TL;DR: With appropriate care, physicians treating patients with ADHD can be confident that their treatments are safe, not only for the patients they treat, but also for the communities in which they live.
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Reduced Glx and GABA Inductions in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Caudate Nucleus Are Related to Impaired Control of Attention in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

TL;DR: The first demonstration showing that attention control deficits in people with ADHD may be related to insufficient responses of the GABAergic system in the fronto-striatal circuitry is provided.
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The Effects of Drug Treatments for ADHD in Measures of Cognitive Performance.

TL;DR: In this paper , Rodent studies support pro-attentive effects of amphetamine (AMP), methylphenidate (MPH), Ritalin (Ritalin), and atomoxetine (ATX; Strattera®).
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment

TL;DR: Barkley et al. as discussed by the authors discussed the nature of ADHD, primary symptoms, diagnosis criteria, prevalence, and gender differences, and the treatment of ADHD in adults.
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Executive Functions and Developmental Psychopathology

TL;DR: It is revealed that EF deficits are consistently found in both ADHD and autism but not in CD (without ADHD) or in TS, and both the severity and profile of EF deficits appears to differ across ADHD and Autism.
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Establishment of Diagnostic Validity in Psychiatric Illness: Its Application to Schizophrenia

TL;DR: It was shown by follow-up and family studies that poor prognosis cases can be validly separated clinically from good prediction cases, and the authors conclude that good prognosis "schizophrenia" is not mild schizophrenia, but a different illness.
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Comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with conduct, depressive, anxiety, and other disorders.

TL;DR: The literature supports considerable comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, learning disabilities, and other disorders, such as mental retardation, Tourette's syndrome, and borderline personality disorder.
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Externalizing behavior problems and academic underachievement in childhood and adolescence: causal relationships and underlying mechanisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed concepts and measurement issues surrounding externalizing behavior problems and academic underachievement, the strength and specificity of the covariation between these domains, and the viability of explanatory models that link these areas.
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