Distinguishing Comorbidity and Successful Management of Adult ADHD

@article{Kooij2012DistinguishingCA,
  title={Distinguishing Comorbidity and Successful Management of Adult ADHD},
  author={J J Sandra Kooij and Michael Huss and Philip Asherson and Ron L. Akehurst and Kathleen Beusterien and Alexis N. French and Rahul Sasane and Paul S. Hodgkins},
  journal={Journal of Attention Disorders},
  year={2012},
  volume={16},
  pages={19S - 3S}
}
Objective: Given high rates of comorbidity, lack of awareness and global acceptance, and varying guidelines for its management, adult ADHD may be an especially difficult condition to diagnose and treat. The objective of this review was to explore and characterize similarities and differences among comorbidities associated with adult ADHD. Method: A review of the literature over the past 10 years was performed using Ovid. Results: A myriad of comorbid conditions such as impulse-control… 
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