OBJECTIVE This study examined rates and predictors of educational and mental health service utilization among youth with ADHD-predominantly inattentive presentation (ADHD-I). METHOD Participants were 199 children with ADHD-I in Grades 2 to 5. Parents reported past-year child service utilization. Parents and teachers rated child ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptom severity and...

Six waves of structured diagnostic assessments were conducted of 168 clinic-referred 7- to 12-year-olds, over 7 years. Wave-to-wave changes in the number of conduct disorder (CD) behaviors were paralleled by correlated changes in the numbers of symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and anxiety. In addition, CD in Wave 1 pre...

ادغام داده‌ها بین حسگرهای مختلف می‌تواند موجب استخراج اطلاعات با دقت و کیفیت بالاتر گردد بهبود تشخیص تهدیدهای هسته‌ای را به همراه داشته باشد. در این تحقیق، ردیابی چشمه متحرک استفاده از تلفیق داده­های سیستم آشکارساز پرتوی دوربین نظارتی مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت است. بدین منظور الگوریتمی جهت ایجاد همبستگی تصاویر دریافتی توسط شمارش طراحی شده است تا مسیر حرکت جسمی که بیش­ترین ثبت آشکارسازی دارد عنوان ا...

The current study examined cross-cultural differences in perceptions of certain externalizing symptoms, such as those attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – impulsivity (ADHD-HI) and oppositional defiant (ODD) described the Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM-5). For this study, 39 American 34 Japanese college students rated acceptability symptoms. results showed patterns fo...

OBJECTIVE This secondary analysis examined the efficacy and tolerability of atomoxetine (ATX) dosed once (QD) versus twice (BID) daily in 55 children aged 6-12 with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS The original 8-week trial was designed to assess the benefits of adding behavioral therapy to ATX. In it, all subjects were treated openly with ATX, with 50% randomly assign...

Our recent audit data show that 38% of the 2,400 children assess had combined ADHD with ODD or CD; about half of these cases were of early onset. With appropriate medication in this early-onset group it was possible to obtain a very good response in 92%. Seventy-three percent of the total group needed a second medication to obtain this result. Clonidine was the medication most used. When clonid...

INTRODUCTION Several studies have found neuropsychological and behavioral disorders in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which have been explained as an executive dysfunction. OBJECTIVE To describe and compare children with ADHD and a control group. PATIENTS AND METHODS 79 seven to eleven-year-old children were selected and grouped according to ADHD DSM IV crite...

OBJECTIVE To describe the properties of a semistructured research interview of parents designed to evaluate attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and related psychopathology. METHOD We examined interrater reliability in 48 videotaped interviews randomly selected from a large clinic sample. We examined convergence of the Parent Interview for Child Symptoms (PICS) and Conners' Parent ...

OBJECTIVE Oxidative metabolism is impaired in several medical conditions including psychiatric disorders, and this imbalance may be involved in the etiology of these diseases. The present study evaluated oxidative balance in pediatric and adolescent patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHODS The study included 48 children and adolescents (34 male, 14 female) with A...

Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been noted for its high rate of comorbidity. The present study is the first report in Japan evaluating the proportion of comorbidity in ADHD cases presenting in the clinical setting, aiming at clarifying the picture of ADHD in Japan. The subjects consisted of 68 child and adolescent cases meeting criteria for ADHD (Diagnostic and Statistical M...