• Does late-onset attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder exist?

Does late-onset attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder exist?

Duration: 13 mins Publication Date: 15 Mar 2019 Next Review Date: 15 Mar 2022 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.6840

Description

In this Video Abstract Professor Philip Asherson and Dr Jessica Agnew‐Blais discuss their paper 'JCPP Annual Research Review: Does late‐onset attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder exist?'. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is conceptualized as an early onset childhood neurodevelopmental disorder. Prevalence in adults is around two-thirds that in childhood, yet longitudinal outcome studies of children with ADHD found a minority continue to meet full criteria in adulthood. This suggests that not all adult cases meet ADHD criteria as children, a conclusion supported by earlier studies relying on retrospective recall in adolescent and adult samples.

Learning Objectives

1. Looking at research to see if late‐onset attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder exists
2. Possible explanations for late-onset ADHD

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JCPP

Paper Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13020

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