Is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder a valid diagnosis in the presence of high IQ? Results from the MGH Longitudinal Family Studies of ADHD

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 687-694

  Antshel, Kevin M ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^a   Stallone, Kimberly ^a   Nave, Andrea ^a   Kaufmann, Felice A ^b   Doyle, Alysa ^c   Fried, Ronna ^c   Seidman, Larry ^c   Biederman, Joseph ^c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADD ADHD; Diagnosis; Diagnostic validity; Gifted; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; VALIDATION STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34250864571     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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