Tricyclic Antidepressants and Attention Deficit Disorder

Tricyclic antidepressants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.

BACKGROUND Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental disorder of childhood onset, which may persist into adulthood. ADHD has a significant impact on a child's daily life, affecting relationships and academic performance. Its core symptoms include developmentally inappropriate levels of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behaviour. Tricyclic antidepre...

Tricyclic antidepressants.

Tricyclic antidepressants.

Correspondence BRiTISH 301 Tricyclic Antidepressants SIR,-I am worried by one sentence in the article on tricyclic antidepressants (13 April, p. 102): "Jaundice, which is very uncommon , is of the cholestatic type similar to that found in chlorpromazine." This is misleading. Jaundice is one of the more frequent side-effects reported from imipramine and imitrip-tyline, the most widely used membe...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 1.4% and 6% of children. The importance of the role of primary care in the recognition and joint management of this disorder is being increasingly highlighted. Despite a wealth of research, the diagnosis and management of ADHD have attracted a good deal of controversy. In this discussion paper, we focus on the empirical basis for s...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood-onset psychiatric disorder whose cardinal symptoms are inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity1. Diagnostic criteria for ADHD are based on extensive empirical research and appropriately lead to the diagnosis of a syndrome with higher interrater reliability, high predictability of course and medication responsiveness. The criteria...