This article provides an overview of key research on significant comorbidities that occur among adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, including disruptive behaviors. Such comorbidities include oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, as well as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, suicidality, eating disorders, sleep disorders, learning...

introduction : we aimed to assess the status of sensory processing in children with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, high-functioning autism and typical peers. methods: participants in this study are children 7 to 10 years old with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (n = 30), autistic children with high cognitive function (n = 28) and 30 matched typical children. parents of c...

objectives: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. children with adhd may experience significant functional problems. our objective was to examine the prevalence of adhd and its subtypes in iran. methods: pubmed, isi web of science, psychinfo, iranpsych, iranmedex, irandoc were searched. irandoc, iranmedex and iranpsych are iran...

the main purpose of this study was to compare parenting self efficacy between mothers of children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and mothers of normal children.one hundred twenty mothers including 60 mothers of children with adhd and 62 mothers of normal children were selected. in each group the participants were allocated between three subgroups of preschool, first and se...

it is not clear whether sibling's gender ratio is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). this study examines whether inattentiveness severity and hyperactivity/impulsivity severity are associated with birth order of children with adhd.participants are a clinical sample of 173 children and adolescents with adhd and 43 ones without adhd. diagnoses were made using diagnos...

background: behavioral adaptation is one of the most important indicators of treatment in children with attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder (adhd) in long-term. absence of therapeutic intervention including drug and non-drug therapy leads to negative consequences in adolescence and adulthood.   objective: the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of barkley’s behavioral par...

conclusions similar to previous studies, we found some comorbid psychiatric disorders with adhd. the treatment of the disorder can be improved, by more attention to comorbid psychiatric disorders, early diagnosis of them, and using distinct and specific treatment for everyone. background attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is often associated with other psychological problems. objec...

conclusions inattentive type and hyperactive-impulsive type of adhd are more prevalent in children with esrd undergoing capd. therefore screening methods for adhd is necessary in these patients. background attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is the most common childhood psychiatric disorder. this disorder is more prevalent in some chronic disease. objectives the aim of this study wa...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is one of the most frequent neuropsychiatric disorders in childhood. Transcranial magnetic stimulation studies based on muscle responses (motor-evoked potentials) suggested that reduced motor inhibition contributes to hyperactivity, a core symptom of the disease. Here we employed the N100 component of the electroencephalographic response to transcranial ...

The association of psychiatric disorders and pediatric epilepsy is under appreciated by clinicians. Behavioral disorders, especially depression, are often perceived as "reactionary" processes. In fact, these comorbid disorders can be more disabling than the epilepsy itself. This review discusses the common behavioral comorbidities associated with epilepsy including autistic spectrum disorders, ...