UNLABELLED Abstract Objective: This study assessed the efficacy of atomoxetine on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children and adolescents having ADHD with comorbid dyslexia (ADHD+D) and the effects of the treatment on reading measures. METHODS The analyses in this report used data from a study designed to examine the effects of a nonstimulant pharmacological agent...

Objectives: To examine the association between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and personality characteristics and the potential mediating role of these characteristics in the relationship between ADHD and depression in older adults in the general Dutch population. Design: Data from the Longitudinal Aging study Amsterdam in 2008/2009 were used in a cross-sectional design on 231 ...

Little is known about which clinical features may aid the differentiation between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other conditions. This study seeks to determine role of self- informant reports on symptoms impairments in evaluation adult ADHD explore their association with objective neuropsychological test performance by examining data 169 outpatients referred for a diagnost...

OBJECTIVE We tested mediation of birth weight and ADHD symptoms by multiple biologically plausible neurocognitive functions and evaluated familiality of observed indirect effects. METHOD 647 youth from 284 multiplex families with ADHD completed the Arithmetic, Digit Span, Vocabulary, and Block Design subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Multiple mediation tested WI...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persists into adulthood in an increasingly recognized number of individuals with childhood onset. The symptoms of adult ADHD are similar to the restlessness, distractibility, and impulsivity central to childhood ADHD, but expression of symptoms changes as the individual matures. A childhood history of ADHD is requisite for a diagnosis of adult ADH...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the possible association between untreated ADHD symptoms (as measured by the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale) and persistent nonmedical use of prescription stimulants. METHOD Multinomial regression modeling was used to compare ADHD symptoms among three groups of college students enrolled in a longitudinal study over 4 years: (1) persistent nonmedical users of prescriptio...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predicts poor peer relationships. What remains unclear is whether poor peer relationships affect ADHD symptomatology. Hence, reciprocal effects of peer rejection and ADHD symptoms were examined in a community sample of 962 Norwegian children at ages 4, 6, and 8. Results showed that ADHD symptoms at age 4 predicted more peer rejection at age 6, and...

OBJECTIVE This study examined anxiety symptoms and disorders in college students with ADHD. METHOD Forty-six college students with ADHD and a matched group of students without ADHD participated. Participants completed self-report measures of anxiety symptoms and associated features, including worry, maladaptive beliefs about worry, panic symptoms, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms...

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which effortful control (EC) and sensation seeking (SS) tendencies explain the association between the severity of ADHD symptoms and risky behaviors. METHOD Participants included 555 college students (66% females) who completed self-report measures assessing their ADHD symptoms, EC abilities, SS tendencies, and risky health (e.g., substance use) and driving/...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and educational achievement are negatively associated in children. Here we test the hypothesis that there is a direct causal effect of ADHD on educational achievement. The causal effect is tested in a genetically sensitive design to exclude the possibility of confounding by a third factor (e.g. genetic pleiotropy) and by comparing educational achi...