Is adult ADHD a childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disorder? Evidence from a four-decade longitudinal cohort study

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 967-977

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Houts, Renate ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Asherson, Philip ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Belsky, Daniel W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Corcoran, David L ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hammerle, Maggie ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Harrington, Honalee ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Hogan, Sean ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Meier, Madeline H ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Polanczyk, Guilherme V ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Poulton, Richie ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ramrakha, Sandhya ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sugden, Karen ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Williams, Benjamin ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Caspi, Avshalom ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DSM-5; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEW ZEALAND; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TEACHER; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84939572238     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2015.14101266     Document Type: Article

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