Psychiatric, Neuropsychological, and Psychosocial Features of DSM-IV Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Results From a Clinically Referred Sample

doi:10.1097/00004583-199802000-00011

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Volume 37, Issue 2, February 1998, Pages 185-193

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Abstract

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.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPsychiatric, Neuropsychological, and Psychosocial Features of DSM-IV Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Results From a Clinically Referred Sample

Abstract

Objective

Method

Results

Conclusions

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiany

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiany

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiany

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry

Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiany

Comprehensive evaluation of attention deficit disorder with and without hyperactivity as defined by research criteria

J Consult Clin Psychol

Convergence of the Child Behavior Checklist with structured interview-based psychiatric diagnoses of ADHD children with and without hyperactivity

J Child Psychol Psychiatry

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Psychiatric, Neuropsychological, and Psychosocial Features of DSM-IV Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Results From a Clinically Referred Sample