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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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ADHD and Stroop interference from age 9 to age 41 years: a meta-analysis of developmental effects.
TL;DR: The results from this analysis indicate that the Stroop interference effect is not larger in ADHD individuals than in age-matched controls, and the Strooped interference effect appears to be immune to age, regardless of ADHD status.
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Efficacy of Atomoxetine Versus Placebo in School-Age Girls With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Joseph Biederman,John H. Heiligenstein,Douglas E. Faries,Nora Galil,Ralf W. Dittmann,Graham J. Emslie,Christopher J. Kratochvil,Harry F. Laws,Kory Schuh +8 more
TL;DR: Atomoxetine was found to be effective and well tolerated for the treatment of ADHD in school-age girls and superior to placebo on the following measures.
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Neuropsychological function in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
TL;DR: The current state of the literature pertaining to the neuropsychological dysfunctions that are found in children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is reviewed to aid clinicians in develop-ing a better understanding of the empirical literature on neuroPsychological function in ADHD throughout the lifespan.
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Longitudinal Study of Reading Disability and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Implications for Education.
Erik G. Willcutt,Rebecca S. Betjemann,Bruce F. Pennington,Richard K. Olson,John C. DeFries,Sally J. Wadsworth +5 more
TL;DR: The majority of children who receive special education-cation services meet criteria for reading disability (RD) or attentiondefi cit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but addi- tional research is needed to understand the long-term aca- demic outcome of children in these groups.
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Inefficient cognitive control in adult ADHD: evidence from trial-by-trial Stroop test and cued task switching performance
TL;DR: It remains inconclusive as to whether ineffecient cognitive control in the clinical sample was due to top-down failure or bottom-up engagement thereof, but novel evidence of inefficient interference control and task-set coordination in adults with persistent ADHD is delivered.
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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.