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...

The co-occurrence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder has received much recent attention in the literature. The authors review the literature examining associations between ADHD and bipolar disorder in children, and data concerning severe irritability in youth with ADHD. This article focuses on (1) population-based studies examining ADHD and bipolar disorder ...

The objective of this study was to determine whether deficient inhibitory control distinguishes children with a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder, conduct disorder (CD), and comorbid ADHD + CD from normally developing children. Participants were rigorously diagnosed children (age 7 to 12 years) with ADHD (N = 72), CD (N = 13) or ADHD + CD (N = 47) and 33 control child...

Evidence is scarce regarding the prevalence of interparental discord in families of adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using data collected from adolescents with childhood ADHD and comorbid oppositional-defiant disorder (ODD; n = 46) or conduct disorder (CD; n =23), with childhood ADHD-only (n = 26), and without ADHD (n = 88), and their mothers, maternal and adole...