Prevalence and co morbidity of adult ADHD in psychiatric outpatient admissions
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[ADHD in adult psychiatric outpatients: prevalence and comorbidity].
AIM This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adult psychiatric outpatients. Moreover, comorbid psychiatric diagnoses in adults with ADHD were determined. Patients with and without ADHD were compared regarding DSM Axis I-II comorbidity and sociodemographic characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included patients that present...
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Dear Editor – The HRB would be delighted to include information on co-morbidity on inpatient admissions as suggested by Dixit and Payne (Ir J Psych Med 2008, 25(4)). We would be happy to do so were secondary or accompanying diagnoses supplied to us as our forms/systems allow. Unfortunately clinicians seldom if ever return co-morbid diagnostic information; indeed it is at times difficult enough ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1300-2163
DOI: 10.5080/u7255