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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sachdev, Perminder |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | Adults with putative attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are increasingly being referred to psychiatric clinics, often following a self-diagnosis, and demanding a prescription for stimulant medication. This has disconcerted many clinicians and started a debate on the appropriateness of this diagnosis in adults (Shaffer, 1994; Lomas, 1995; Diller, 1996) that is reminiscent of the controversies of the childhood diagnosis in previous years (Lancet, 1986). At issue is not only concern about the widespread use of stimulant medication, but also a neurobiological understanding of impulsivity, hyperactivity and antisocial behaviour and the genesis of some psychiatric disorders in adults. How is the validity of this disorder in adults then to be established? |
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| Ending Page | 514 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| Starting Page | 507 |
| ISSN | 00332917 |
| e-ISSN | 14698978 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003329179800720x |
| Journal | Psychological Medicine |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 29 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1999-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Psychological Medicine General Medicine Hyperactivity Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Applied Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health |
