Girls With ADHD And Associated Behavioral Problems: Patterns of Comorbidity
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder commonly seen by pediatricians, psychiatrists and community mental health specialists, and is less frequently identified in girls. This review investigated parent-reported behavioral profiles of girls among different ADHD diagnostic comorbid groups. Demographic and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) data were available for 40 girls and a comparison group of 55 boys. Independent measures t-tests compared CBCL T-scores among three diagnostic groups: (1) girls with ADHD only; (2) girls with ADHD and co-occurring learning disabilities (LD); and, (3) girls with ADHD and other co-occurring DSM Axis I diagnoses. Girls in the ADHD/Axis I group had the most clinically significant behavioral problems; in contrast, girls in the ADHD/LD group had few behavioral symptoms. This pattern was not found for the boys’ groups, suggesting that the co-occurrence of ADHD and other behavioral problems, especially LD, may have a different behavioral phenotype in girls than in boys.
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