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Impact of executive function deficits and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on academic outcomes in children.
TLDR
The association between executive function deficits (EFDs) and functional outcomes were examined among children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and these results support screening children with ADHD for EFDs to prevent academic failure.
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Patterns of psychiatric comorbidity, cognition, and psychosocial functioning in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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The results show that referred and nonreferred adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have a pattern of demographic, psychosocial, psychiatric, and cognitive features that mirrors well-documented findings among children with the disorder.
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Young adult outcome of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a controlled 10-year follow-up study
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By their young adult years, ADHD youth were at high risk for a wide range of adverse psychiatric outcomes including markedly elevated rates of antisocial, addictive, mood and anxiety disorders.
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Influence of gender on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children referred to a psychiatric clinic.
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Girls with ADHD were more likely than boys to have the predominantly inattentive type of ADHD, more likely to have a learning disability, and less likely to manifest problems in school or in their spare time, and a statistically significant gender-by-ADHD interaction was identified for comorbid substance use disorders.
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Misuse and diversion of stimulants prescribed for ADHD: a systematic review of the literature.
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The literature suggests that individuals both with and without ADHD misuse stimulant medications and the need to carefully monitor high-risk individuals for the use of nonprescribed stimulants and educate individuals with ADHD as to the pitfalls of the misuse and diversion of the stimulants.
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Pharmacotherapy of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder across the life cycle.
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The available literature indicates the important role of psychopharmacological agents in the reduction of the core symptoms of ADHD and associated impairments.
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Does ADHD predict substance-use disorders? A 10-year follow-up study of young adults with ADHD.
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Psychoactive substance use disorders in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): effects of ADHD and psychiatric comorbidity.
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Although psychiatric comorbidity increased the risk for psychoactive substance use Disorders in adults with ADHD, by itself ADHD was a significant risk factor for substance use disorders.
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Psychiatric comorbidity and functioning in clinically referred preschool children and school-age youths with ADHD.
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Despite being significantly younger, clinically referred preschool children with ADHD are reminiscent of school-age youths with ADHD in the quality of ADHD, high rates of comorbid psychopathology, and impaired functioning.
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Does stimulant therapy of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder beget later substance abuse?
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It is suggested that stimulant therapy in childhood is associated with a reduction in the risk for subsequent drug and alcohol use disorders.
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