Attention deficit disorder in adolescents |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands;2. Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands;3. Pompestichting for Forensic Psychiatry, 6532 CN Nijmegen, The Netherlands;4. Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, 6211 LK Maastricht, The Netherlands;5. Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands;6. Department of Clinical Psychology, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, 2333 AK Leiden, The Netherlands;7. Department of Criminal Law & Criminology, Radboud University, 6500 KK Nijmegen, The Netherlands;1. Miguel Hernández University, Spain;2. University of Roethampton, United Kingdom;1. University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;2. Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
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The attention deficit disorder syndrome is one of the most common psychiatric problems of childhood. Previously, the prevailing view of the outcome of this disorder in adolescents was that it was a relatively benign condition and that most children “outgrew their problems” by adolescence. This article reviews data to suggest that the outcome of the untreated ADD syndrome in childhood is rather poor in the adolescent age group. The data also suggest that, contrary to what had been previously promulgated, stimulant treatment of adolescents with this disorder is probably as effective as treating children with this disorder with stimulant medication. However, a multimodality treatment approach will most likely be necessary for the majority of adolescents with this syndrome. |
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