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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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Implications of chronic methamphetamine use: a literature review
TL;DR: Development of pharmacological interventions to improve cognitive impairments in chronic MA users may significantly improve the degree to which they may be able to participate in treatment, andtypical antipsychotics may have some promise in this regard.
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A large, double-blind, randomized clinical trial of methylphenidate in the treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Thomas J. Spencer,Joseph Biederman,Timothy E. Wilens,Robert Doyle,Craig B. H. Surman,Jefferson B. Prince,Eric Mick,Megan Aleardi,Kathleen Herzig,Stephen V. Faraone +9 more
TL;DR: A marked therapeutic response for the MPH treatment of ADHD symptoms that exceeded the placebo response was found and robust doses of MPH are effective in the treatment of adult ADHD.
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Psychotherapy of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults--a pilot study using a structured skills training program.
Bernd Hesslinger,Ludger Tebartz van Elst,Elisabeth Nyberg,Petra Dykierek,Harald Richter,Michael M. Berner,Dieter Ebert +6 more
TL;DR: A structured skill training program particularly tailored for adult patients with ADHD, based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral treatment for borderline personality disorder developed by M. Linehan, resulted in positive outcomes in that patients improved on all psychometric scales.
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A common haplotype of the dopamine transporter gene associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and interacting with maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy.
K Brookes,Jon Mill,Camilla Guindalini,Sarah Curran,Xiaohui Xu,Jo Knight,Chih-Ken Chen,Yu-Shu Huang,Vaheshta Sethna,Eric Taylor,Wai Chen,Gerome Breen,Philip Asherson +12 more
TL;DR: A novel association was identified between ADHD, the intron 8 polymorphism, and a specific risk haplotype in both English and Taiwanese samples, and interaction between DAT1 genotypes and maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy suggests that Dat1 moderates the environmental risk and has implications for the prevention of ADHD.
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Evaluation of the Persistence, Remission, and Emergence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood.
Jessica Agnew-Blais,Guilherme V. Polanczyk,Andrea Danese,Jasmin Wertz,Terrie E. Moffitt,Louise Arseneault +5 more
TL;DR: Heterogeneity in the DSM-5 young adult ADHD population consisted of a large, late-onset ADHD group with no childhood diagnosis, and a smaller group with persistent ADHD, which demonstrated comparable ADHD symptoms and impairment as well as similarly elevated rates of mental health disorders.
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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.