ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2010
Implications of extending the ADHD age-of-onset criterion to age 12: results from a prospectively studied birth cohort.
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- A review of changes to the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder age of onset criterion using the checklist for modifying disease definitions.BMC psychiatry · 2019Article
- The Symptom Trajectory of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Korean School-Age Children.Psychiatry investigation · 2018Article
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- Validity of proposed DSM-5 ADHD impulsivity symptoms in children.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2016Article
- Evaluation of the Persistence, Remission, and Emergence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adulthood.JAMA psychiatry · 2016Article
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objectiveTo evaluate whether including children with onset of symptoms between ages 7 and 12 years in the ADHD diagnostic category would: (a) increase the prevalence of the disorder at age 12, and (b) change the clinical and cognitive features, impairment profile, and risk factors for ADHD compared with findings in the literature based on the DSM-IV definition of the disorder.
methodA birth cohort of 2,232 British children was prospectively evaluated at ages 7 and 12 years for ADHD using information from mothers and teachers. The prevalence of diagnosed ADHD at age 12 was evaluated with and without the inclusion of individuals who met DSM-IV age-of-onset criterion through mothers' or teachers' reports of symptoms at age 7. Children with onset of ADHD symptoms before versus after age 7 were compared on their clinical and cognitive features, impairment profile, and risk factors for ADHD.
resultsExtending the age-of-onset criterion to age 12 resulted in a negligible increase in ADHD prevalence by age 12 years of 0.1%. Children who first manifested ADHD symptoms between ages 7 and 12 did not present correlates or risk factors that were significantly different from children who manifested symptoms before age 7.
conclusionsResults from this prospective birth cohort might suggest that adults who are able to report symptom onset by age 12 also had symptoms by age 7, even if they are not able to report them. The data suggest that the prevalence estimate, correlates and risk factors of ADHD will not be affected if the new diagnostic scheme extends the age-of-onset criterion to age 12.
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