TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric, neuropsychological, and psychosocial features of DSM-IV subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
T2 - Results from a clinically referred sample
AU - Faraone, Stephen V.
AU - Biederman, Joseph
AU - Weber, Wendy
AU - Russell, Ronald L.
N1 - Funding Information:
AcapudAugust 15. 1997. From the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit ofthe Child Psychiatry Seruicr, Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston. Dr. Faraone is also with Harvard Institute ofPsyrhiatry. Epidemiology and Gm etics. Department of Psychiatry. Har vard Medical School at th~ Massachusetts Men tal Health Center, and tb« Commonwealth Research Center; Boston. This work was supported in part byN IMH grant ROI M H41314-07 (Dr. Biederman). Reprint uqums to Dr. Biederman, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit. ACC 725. MGH, Fruit Strut. Boston, MA 02114.
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - Objective: To assess the validity of the DSM-IV subtypes of attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Using structured diagnostic interviews and psychometric measures of cognitive and social functioning, the authors assessed 413 children and adolescents consecutively referred to a pediatric psychopharmacology clinic since 1991. Results: Marked psychiatric differences were found among DSM-IV subtypes of ADHD, but few differences were found in cognitive or psychosocial functioning. The greatest psychiatric differences were found between the combined-type subjects (who tended to show more impairment in multiple domains) and the other two subgroups. The inattentive patients, however, were more likely to have required extra help in school. The hyperactive-impulsive patients were not different from controls on rates of depression, Child Behavior Checklist measures of social functioning, or psychometric measures of intellectual functioning and academic achievement. Conclusions: The results suggest that, regarding clinical features, combined-type patients have a more severe disorder than the other DSM-IV subtypes.
AB - Objective: To assess the validity of the DSM-IV subtypes of attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Using structured diagnostic interviews and psychometric measures of cognitive and social functioning, the authors assessed 413 children and adolescents consecutively referred to a pediatric psychopharmacology clinic since 1991. Results: Marked psychiatric differences were found among DSM-IV subtypes of ADHD, but few differences were found in cognitive or psychosocial functioning. The greatest psychiatric differences were found between the combined-type subjects (who tended to show more impairment in multiple domains) and the other two subgroups. The inattentive patients, however, were more likely to have required extra help in school. The hyperactive-impulsive patients were not different from controls on rates of depression, Child Behavior Checklist measures of social functioning, or psychometric measures of intellectual functioning and academic achievement. Conclusions: The results suggest that, regarding clinical features, combined-type patients have a more severe disorder than the other DSM-IV subtypes.
KW - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
KW - Comorbidity
KW - DSM-III-R
KW - DSM-IV
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U2 - 10.1097/00004583-199802000-00011
DO - 10.1097/00004583-199802000-00011
M3 - Article
C2 - 9473915
AN - SCOPUS:0031910448
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 37
SP - 185
EP - 193
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -