SynthesisChild psychiatry and human development2022
Adult-Onset ADHD: A Critical Analysis and Alternative Explanations.
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- Historical development of ADHD from 1753 to 2026.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Adult-diagnosed and childhood-diagnosed attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: cognitive and environmental contributions to symptom severity across different age of diagnosis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Unraveling ADHD: genes, co-occurring traits, and developmental dynamics.Life science alliance · 2025Article
- Women with Symptoms Suggestive of ADHD Are More Likely to Report Symptoms of Iron Deficiency and Heavy Menstrual Bleeding.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Investigating the Mediating Role of Executive Function in the Relationship Between ADHD and DCD Symptoms and Depression in Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Subclinical attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- ADHD: prevalence and effect on opioid use disorder treatment outcome in a French sample of patients receiving medication for opioid use disorder-the influence of impulsivity as a mediating factor.Harm reduction journal · 2024Observational
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnoses in Finland During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder combined subtype exacerbates opioid use disorder consequences: Mediation by impulsive phenotypes.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Genetic contribution to the comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders.Psychiatry research · 2024Article
- Assessing aetiological overlap between child and adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in an extended family design.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a Narrative Review of Biological Mechanisms, Treatments, and Outcomes.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2023Review
- Sex and gender in neurodevelopmental conditions.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2023Review
- The Burden of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Traits in Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in Japan.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Article
- Effects of a single-dose methylphenidate challenge on resting-state functional connectivity in stimulant-treatment naive children and adults with ADHD.Human brain mapping · 2022Article
- Toward Precision Medicine in ADHD.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
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Abstract
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized as a neurodevelopmental disorder. However, data from several recent studies suggest that there may be adults who meet current criteria for ADHD, yet did not experience symptoms until adulthood (i.e., "adult-onset ADHD"). This systematic review evaluated and synthesized the empirical evidence on adult-onset ADHD to answer the question: Is the extant literature strong enough to evaluate adult-onset ADHD? Nine studies met strict inclusion/exclusion criteria. Results suggest that the methodologies of the extant studies were not strong enough to evaluate adult-onset ADHD. Insufficient methodologies provide presently unclear information about the nature of late-onset symptoms. These symptoms seem to exist but their source could be (1) adult-emergent symptoms that were previously surpassed due to lower environmental demands/supportive facilitators, (2) mimics that were not properly assessed, or (3) childhood-onset symptoms that were not detected earlier due to failure to come to clinical attention. Future directions, clinical recommendations, and limitations of the literature and the current review are discussed.
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