Categorical and dimensional approaches to the developmental relationship between ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) and irritability

Duration: 7 mins DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24581

Description

In this Video Abstract Rania Johns-Mead, Doctor of Clinical Psychology Candidate/Provisional Psychologist, at Deakin University, delivers a video abstract on her JCPP paper ‘Categorical and dimensional approaches to the developmental relationship between ADHD and irritability'. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and irritability commonly co-occur, and follow similar developmental trajectories from childhood to adolescence. Understanding of the developmental relationship between these co-occurrences is limited. This study provides a longitudinal assessment of how ADHD diagnostic status and symptom patterns predict change in irritability.

Learning Objectives

1. Discover if irritability was higher or lower in the ADHD group than controls; and if this changed over time.
2. Understand that ADHD symptoms predict the degree and trajectory of irritability during childhood and adolescence.
3. Discover how the use of longitudinal, dimensional and symptom domain-specific measures provides additional insight into this relationship.