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Growing out of ADHD: the relationship between functioning and symptoms.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17494827     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The objective is to ascertain whether people in partial remission (IPR) or in full remission (IR) of their ADHD symptoms continue to have neuropsychological deficits and clinical and psychosocial problems. METHOD: IPR and IR groups are compared with fully symptomatic ADHD patients and normal controls. RESULTS: The results show a decline across the patient groups indicating that symptom remission is associated with improvement in neuropsychological, clinical, and psychosocial problems. The two symptomatic (ADHD and IPR) groups have the most marked psychosocial and drug-related problems, and they seem to continue to attempt to access help by presenting to adult psychiatric services. However, the IR group continues to have neuropsychological problems in comparison to the normal controls. CONCLUSION: Neuropsychological functioning, clinical, and psychosocial problems seem to be closely associated with ADHD symptoms and improve steadily with remission. However, some residual problems persist for which the patients seek psychiatric help.
Authors:
Susan Young; Gisli H Gudjonsson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-05-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of attention disorders     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1087-0547     ISO Abbreviation:  J Atten Disord     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-14     Completed Date:  2008-10-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9615686     Medline TA:  J Atten Disord     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  162-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
King's College, London, UK. s.young@iop.kcl.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Cognition
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
Psychology
Remission, Spontaneous
Severity of Illness Index
Social Behavior

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