Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - co-morbidity and differential diagnosis

Co-Morbidity of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette Syndrome

Objectives: Tourette syndrome is a disease with vocal and motor tics. This disorder is co-morbid with many psychiatric disorders, among which obsessive-compulsive disorder is the most common. Methods: During a one-year period, 30 patients with Tourette disorder were studied at an adolescent psychiatry referral clinic. It was an analytical-descriptive study. Subjects were selected by convenie...

Co-Morbidity of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Tourette Syndrome in Child Referral Psychiatry Clinic in Iran

Objectives: Tourette syndrome is a disorder with motor and vocal tics, which has many psychiatric comorbidities. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of co-morbid features of this syndrome. The aim of this research is studying Tourette and co morbidity ADHD in school age children. One of our purposes is to identify the range of ADHD in Iranian Tourette patients. Methods: Th...

Comparing psychiatric co morbidity in female and male primary school children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Arak, Iran

Introduction: The aim of this study was comparison of prevalence of three subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and combined type in female and male primary school children in Arak. Methods: This cross– sectional study was carried on 2000 (960 girls and 1040 boys) students of primary schools, in Arak in 1388-1389 academic years. Intelligence Raven scale, and Canner,...

Differential diagnosis and management of central auditory processing disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently present difficulties performing tasks that challenge the central auditory nervous system. The relationship between ADHD and central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) is examined from the perspectives of cognitive neuroscience, audiology, and neuropsychology. The accumulating evidence provides a basis for the ov...

Attention Defi cit Hyperactivity Disorder, differential diagnosis with blood oxygenation, beta/theta ratio, and attention measures