Predictors of persistence of ADHD into adulthood: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1151-1159

  Caye, Arthur ^a   Spadini, Alex V ^a   Karam, Rafael G ^a   Grevet, Eugenio H ^a   Rovaris, Diego L ^c   Bau, Claiton H D ^c   Rohde, Luis A ^a,b   Kieling, Christian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescence; Course; Persistence; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

5HTT PROTEIN; DAT1 PROTEIN; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; DRD4 PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILDHOOD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; REMISSION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84961616039     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-016-0831-8     Document Type: Review

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