Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is Being Overdiagnosed.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Multidimensional Comparison of Methylphenidate and Atomoxetine in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children, a 12-Week, Open-Label, Head-to-Head Clinical Trial.Psychiatry investigation · 2025
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2. Parvalbumin interneuron deficiency in the prefrontal and motor cortices of spontaneously hypertensive rats: an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder animal model insight.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024
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3. Empowering Future Psychiatrists to Evaluate and Treat Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2023
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4. ADHD pathogenesis in the immune, endocrine and nervous systems of juvenile and maturating SHR and WKY rats.Psychopharmacology · 2019
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5. Featured Canadian Research on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Psychiatry.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2017
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6. Adult ADHD and comorbid disorders: clinical implications of a dimensional approach.BMC psychiatry · 2017
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7. Serum Levels of Interleukin-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha in Children With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of pediatric neurosciences
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Corrections and comments

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  Is Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Being Overdiagnosed?2015
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  Is Adult ADHD a Childhood-Onset Neurodevelopmental Disorder? Evidence From a Four-Decade Longitudinal Cohort Study.2015
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  Re: Is Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Being Overdiagnosed?2016

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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