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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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Neuro-anatomic evidence for the maturational delay hypothesis of ADHD
TL;DR: Direct testing of the maturational delay hypothesis of ADHD requires longitudinal imaging studies that map the developmental trajectories of brain maturation in healthy and ADHD children, and Shaw et al. (11) study largely longitudinal data to provide direct neurobiological evidence.
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Smoking patterns and abstinence effects in smokers with no ADHD, childhood ADHD, and adult ADHD symptomatology.
Cynthia S. Pomerleau,Karen K. Downey,Sandy M. Snedecor,Ann M. Mehringer,Judith L. Marks,Ovide F. Pomerleau +5 more
TL;DR: Results indicated that, in contrast to controls without ADHD symptomatology, both adult and childhood ADHD groups were significantly more likely to experience a number of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, including irritability and difficulty concentrating.
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Brain function and structure in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
TL;DR: The authors include brief summaries of the child literature to help inform the literature pertaining to the structural and functional brain abnormalities that are found in adults with ADHD.
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The role of comorbid major depressive disorder in the clinical presentation of adult ADHD.
Aline G. Fischer,Claiton H.D. Bau,Eugenio H. Grevet,Carlos A.I. Salgado,Marcelo M. Victor,Katiane L.S. Kalil,Nyvia O. Sousa,Christiane R. Garcia,Paulo Belmonte-de-Abreu +8 more
TL;DR: The presence of MDD was not associated with an earlier ADHD diagnosis and the need for research and medical education into an earlier and more efficient ADHD diagnosis in patients who search for mental health care is pointed to.
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Infralimbic kappa opioid and muscarinic M1 receptor interactions in the concurrent modulation of anxiety and memory.
Philip M. Wall,Claude Messier +1 more
TL;DR: The effects of IL infusions of norBNI or pirenzepine alone on anxiety-like behaviour and aversive learning and memory in the elevated plus-maze replicated previously reported data.
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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.