ArticleJournal of pain research2019
Chronic Pain And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Women With Autism And/Or ADHD: A Prospective Longitudinal Study.
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- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and chronic pain: a scoping review of epidemiology, clinical phenotypes, mechanisms, and treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Chronic pain in mental disorders: An umbrella review of the prevalence, risk factors, and treatments across 957,168 people with mental disorders and 16,606,910 controls.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Pooled it
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in chronic pain: a study in Japanese pain centers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Autistic women report high levels of pain, pain-related anxiety, and pain interference.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Child Psychiatry and Child Neurology Need to Come Together.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Patterns of shared genetic risk between chronic pain, psychopathologies, and neuroticism.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Abscisic Acid Rescues Behavior in Adult Female Mice in Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Model of Dopamine Depletion by Regulating Microglia and Increasing Vesicular GABA Transporter Expression.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025Article
- Pleiotropic Effects ofBiomolecules · 2025Review
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Medicaid-Enrolled Autistic Adults.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Recognition and treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in patients with treatment-resistant burning mouth syndrome: a retrospective case study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Innovative therapeutic strategies using ADHD medications tailored to the behavioral characteristics of patients with chronic pain.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
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- Functional Neurological Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Complex and Potentially Significant Relationship.Brain and behavior · 2024Review
- Associations between autistic and comorbid somatic problems of gastrointestinal disorders, food allergy, pain, and fatigue in adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Childhood neurodivergent traits, inflammation and chronic disabling fatigue in adolescence: a longitudinal case-control study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Prevalence of chronic and multisite pain in adolescents and young adults with ADHD: a comparative study between clinical and general population samples (the HUNT study).European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Article
- Autistic Traits and Somatic Symptom Disorders: What Is the Link?Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Case Report: Methylphenidate and venlafaxine improved abdominal nociplastic pain in an adult patient with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and comorbid major depression.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Frequent Pain is Common Among 10-11-Year-Old Children with Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of pain research · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the prevalence of chronic pain and its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a group of women, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in childhood. PATIENTS AND
methodsProspective longitudinal 16-19 years follow-up study of 100 Swedish females diagnosed with ASD and/or ADHD in childhood/adolescence. Seventy-seven of the women were included in the current sub-study, using validated measures of pain perception and quality of life.
resultsA large majority of the women (76.6%) reported chronic pain. HRQoL was low overall and lower still for those reporting chronic pain. Women with ADHD who had ongoing treatment with stimulants reported a significant lower prevalence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) than those not treated.
conclusionComorbidity with chronic pain is common in women with ASD and/or ADHD and important to address in the clinic since it is associated with an already low HRQoL. Treatment for ADHD might reduce the pain in some cases.
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