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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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Bridging the service divide. Invited commentary on: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
TL;DR: Most child and adolescent mental health services recognise the existence of, and need for treatment in, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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Understudied and underrecognised: Invited commentary on... Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
TL;DR: The diagnostic validity of adult ADHD remains uncertain and that further study is needed as mentioned in this paper, which is based on a review of the ADHD concept in the DSM-IV-TRI.
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The Adult ADHD Quality Measures Initiative.
Stephen V. Faraone,Michael J. Silverstein,Kevin M. Antshel,Joseph Biederman,David W. Goodman,Oren Mason,Andrew A. Nierenberg,Anthony L. Rostain,Mark A. Stein,Lenard A. Adler +9 more
TL;DR: The first phase of a project that has as its ultimate goal the creation and validation of QMs for tracking the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and clinical follow-up of adults with ADHD was described, with prioritized QMs to carry forward into the next phase of the project.
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Diagnosis of developmental learning and attention disorders in adults: A review of clinical modalities
Matthew W. Schelke,Steven D. Shapiro,Katherine Hackett,Jaclyn L. Chen,S. Simchon-Steinhof,Christine A. Ganzer,Richard S. Isaacson,Peter Tamboer,E. Van Vliet,S. Assuras,Gloria C. Chiang,Alon Seifan +11 more
TL;DR: This review describes the available self-report scales, neuropsychological tests, and structural imaging and genetic biomarkers that may allow accurate identification of adults with ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia and may provide clinicians with a set of tools to reduce cognitive disability in educational, occupational, and medical populations.
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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.