Adverse effects of drug therapy on handwriting fluency attributed to increased attentional control have been observed in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The writing performance of 8 children with ADHD was assessed using a digitizing tablet in a double-blind, placebo-controlled test. Participants wrote a phrase in cursive script both on and off stimulant medication...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a risk for substance use disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between adult ADHD symptoms, opioid use disorder, life dysfunction and co-occurring psychiatric symptoms. 1057 heroin dependent patients on opioid substitution treatment participated in the survey. All patients were screened for adult ADHD symptoms usin...

OBJECTIVE We examined long-term outcomes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population-based sample of childhood ADHD cases and controls, prospectively assessed as adults. METHODS Adults with childhood ADHD and non-ADHD controls from the same birth cohort (N = 5718) were invited to participate in a prospective outcome study. Vital status was determined for birth cohort me...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) occurs in approximately 5% of the adult population and includes cardinal symptoms of hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsivity that may be difficult to identify with clinical routine methods. Continuous performance tests are objective measures of inattention and impulsivity that, combined with objective measures of motor activity, facilitate ide...

ADHD is defined by behavioral characteristics similar to neuropsychological disorders of executive dysfunction. This paper is a literature review of the neurocognitive characteristics of ADHD from early childhood through adulthood. The author addresses the development of the concept of attention and executive function (EF) deficits in ADHD, clinical neuropsychological studies of pre-teenage chi...

In this tudy, it was aimed to investigate the association/s between dopamine transporter gene (DAT1), receptor D1 (DRD1), D2 (DRD2), D3 (DRD3), D4 (DRD4) variants and adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). A prospective analytical case control study. total of 128 ADHD cases 100 non-ADHD controls from Western population Turkey were included in DNA isolated peripheral blood. Genot...

W hen my son was six years old and preparing to start first grade, he diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). By the end of his year school, struggled handwriting continued write several letters backward. When I mentioned concern at a pediatrician appointment, doctor advised me that it could be sign dysgraphia, which is common among students ADHD. Dysgraphia? aware dysle...

INTRODUCTION Smokers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have greater difficulty quitting than those without ADHD, but preliminary data (McClernon, Kollins, Lutz, Fitzgerald, Murray, Redman, et al., 2008) suggest equivalent severity of withdrawal symptoms following brief abstinence. The objective of this study was to characterize the differential effects of intermediate term sm...