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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: an overview
Stephen V. Faraone,Joseph Biederman,Thomas J. Spencer,Timothy E. Wilens,Larry J. Seidman,Larry J. Seidman,Eric Mick,Alysa E. Doyle +7 more
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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.About:
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.read more
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P300 deficits in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis.
TL;DR: The first meta-analysis of P3 characteristics in adults with ADHD reveals a significantly decreased P3 amplitude during target detection and shows a significant association between the ES and gender, indicating a more pronounced reduction in the ADHD group versus controls when females were predominantly represented in the sample.
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Substance abuse in patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder : therapeutic implications.
TL;DR: This review article highlights the research in this area with a focus on the treatment of individuals who present with concomitant ADHD and SUD and indicates that methylphenidate in a population of adults with active cocaine dependence and ADHD indicates that this is the case.
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An update on the diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children
TL;DR: The active roles psychologists take in providing the most reliable and valid diagnostic and treatment services for ADHD are described, drawing on findings and guidelines.
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an overview of the etiology and a review of the literature relating to the correlates and lifecourse outcomes for men and women.
TL;DR: The intention is to synthesize that which is known, and to identify important gaps in the literature and knowledge base, which secondary analysis of prospective large-scale longitudinal cohorts, tracking individuals from birth to adulthood, could help to fill.
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High self-perceived stress and many stressors, but normal diurnal cortisol rhythm, in adults with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder).
TL;DR: A focus is warranted not only on the primary diagnosis of ADHD, but also on a broader assessment of stressors and subjective stress in everyday life, as well as support comprising stress management and coping skills.
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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
Eli Robins,Samuel B. Guze +1 more
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.