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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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Do we over-diagnose ADHD in North America? A critical review and clinical recommendations.
TL;DR: It is concluded that artifactual factors such as current formulation of diagnostic criteria, clinical practices, and inordinate focus on performance, which is rampant in North America, likely contribute to inflated prevalence rates.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and arrest history: Differential association of clinical characteristics by sex
Nathan J. Kolla,Mark van der Maas,Patricia G. Erickson,Robert E. Mann,Jane Seeley,Evelyn Vingilis +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that the relative importance and type of clinical risk factors for arrest may differ according to sex, and could be useful for crime prevention policies and correctional programs that take into account differences in experience by sex.
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Pharmacotherapy of ADHD in Slovenia: realities and perspectives.
TL;DR: The data clearly show that ADHD is a common mental health disorder among Slovenian children and adolescents, and ADHD, while diagnosed, is still under diagnosed in comparison to Western countries (e.g. Germany and Spain) and a need for improved interventions in Slovenia.
Dissertation
Surrounded by controversy:: Perspectives of adults with ADHD and health professionals on mental healthcare
TL;DR: Chapter 4: ‘How should I take my medicine?’ Experiences with and needs for mental healthcare of adults with ADHD.
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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.