Classification systems inevitably reflect the state of science at the time they are formalized (1). In psychiatry, DSM-III revolutionized the field of mental health diagnosis in 1980 by …
FX Castellanos - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2015 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
For decades, ADHD and its nosological predecessors were “known” to afflict only elementary school-age boys. By the early 1990s, longitudinal follow-up studies documented …
SAN FRANCISCO—Although attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was long perceived as a disorder of children, it is now recognized as a chronic condition persisting …
ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPER-activity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent disorder estimated to affect 3% to 9% of school-aged children and approximately 4% of adults worldwide. 1-3 …
Importance Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized to occur in adulthood and is associated with a range of negative outcomes. However, less is known …
OB Amaral - American journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
TO THE EDITOR: The article by Guilherme Polanczyk, MD, et al.(1), in the June 2007 issue of the Journal, provides important insights pertaining to the worldwide prevalence of …
TE Moffitt, M Melchior - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
(ADHD)? Is ADHD a creation of permissive Western culture rarely seen outside North America? Do world regions with elevated ADHD rates hold the key to causation? Childhood …
JJ McGough, JT McCracken - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Most child psychiatrists begin their clinical training as residents in adult psychiatry. One developmental consequence of this educational trajectory is the assumption, not always …
L Adler, J Cohen - Psychiatric Clinics, 2004 - psych.theclinics.com
The prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) in adults has not been investigated systematically, but estimates based on a prevalence of ADHD in children of 5% to 10% and …