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Manor, Iris; Meidad, Sheera; Zalsman, Gil; Zemishlany, Zvi; Tyano, Sam; Weizman, Abraham – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2008
Subjective improvement-assessment in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), following a single dose of methylphenidate (MPH) was compared to performance on the Test-of-Variables-of-Attention (TOVA). Self-perception was assessed with the clinical-global-impression-of-change (CGI-C). Participants included 165 ADHD subjects (M:F ratio…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Drug Therapy, Metacognition
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Salcedo-Marin, M. D.; Moreno-Granados, J. M.; Ruiz-Veguilla, M.; Ferrin, M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorders (ADHD) and Autistic-Spectrum-Disorders (ASD) share overlapping clinical and cognitive features that may confuse the diagnosis. Evaluation of executive problems and planning dysfunction may aid the clinical diagnostic process and help disentangle the neurobiological process underlying these conditions. This…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Task Analysis, Maps
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Sciberras, Emma; Ohan, Jeneva; Anderson, Vicki – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
Emerging evidence suggests that adolescent girls with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are more socially impaired compared with their peers; however, research has yet to elucidate the nature of this impairment. We investigated overt (e.g., physical, such as hitting or kicking or verbal, such as teasing and taunting) and relational…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Social Behavior, Bullying, Females
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Yildiz, Ozlem; Sismanlar, Sahika G.; Memik, Nursu Cakin; Karakaya, Isik; Agaoglu, Belma – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
The aim of this study was to compare the safety, efficacy, tolerability, and the effects of atomoxetine and OROS-MPH on executive functions in children with ADHD. This study was an open-label study that only included two medication groups. Children were randomized to open-label atomoxetine or OROS-MPH for 12 weeks. Primary efficacy measures were…
Descriptors: Pain, Safety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Patients
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Graziano, Paulo A.; Geffken, Gary R.; McNamara, Joseph P. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
The goal of the current study was to determine within a clinical sample what differentiates children with ADHD who experience social functioning difficulties from those who appear to have healthy social functioning. Participants for this study included 62 children (mean age = 11.3 years) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of ADHD confirmed by a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Quality of Life, Parents, Behavior Problems
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Negoro, Hideki; Sawada, Masayuki; Iida, Junzo; Ota, Toyosaku; Tanaka, Shohei; Kishimoto, Toshifumi – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
Recent developments in near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) have enabled non-invasive clarification of brain functions in psychiatric disorders with measurement of hemoglobin concentrations as cerebral blood volume. Twenty medication-naive children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 20 age- and sex-matched healthy control…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Spectroscopy, Brain, Diagnostic Tests
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Baeyens, Dieter; Roeyers, Herbert; Walle, Johan Vande – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
The aim of this literature review is to assess the current state of knowledge regarding differences and similarities between the inattentive (IA) and combined (C) subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in order to detail challenges concerning further conceptualization, diagnostics, and treatment. The literature on ADHD-IA and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Hyperactivity, Genetics
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Giles, Lisa L.; DelBello, Melissa P.; Stanford, Kevin E.; Strakowski, Stephen M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
In order to recognize behavioral patterns in children and adolescents at risk for developing bipolar disorder, this study examined Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) profiles of bipolar offspring both with (BD group) and without ("at-risk" or AR group) bipolar disorder themselves. The BD youth had three CBCL subscale T scores greater than…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Oner, Ozgur; Oner, Pinar; Cop, Esra; Munir, Kerim M. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2012
Consecutively referred subjects (N = 537) to an outpatient clinic were evaluated to compare the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Combined (ADHD-C) and predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI) subtypes using parent and teacher ratings and neuropsychological variables. Statistical significance was at P less than 0.002 adjusted for multiple…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Check Lists, Social Problems, Behavior Disorders
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Yang, Juan; Zhou, Shijie; Yao, Shuqiao; Su, Linyan; McWhinnie, Chad – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
To explore the relationship between theory of mind (ToM) and executive function (EF) in a sample of individuals from mainland China, 20 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), 26 children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and 30 normal control subjects were compared on two batteries of ToM tasks and EF tasks. Children…
Descriptors: Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Harris, Katrina; Boots, Marilyn; Talbot, Jessica; Vance, Alasdair – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
In this study, standardized assessments of maternal psychopathology, family functioning and marital adjustment were compared between 115 medication naive, clinically referred primary school age children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder combined type (ADHD-CT) alone and 29 children with comorbid dysthymic disorder (DD) and ADHD-CT. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Attention Deficit Disorders, Psychopathology
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Tseng, Wan-Ling; Kawabata, Yoshito; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2011
This study examined social problems at school and relationships with peers, siblings, mothers, and fathers among children with ADHD only (n = 41), ODD only (n = 14), ADHD + ODD (n = 47), and normal controls (n = 204) from a school-based sample of 2,463 first to ninth graders in Taiwan. ADHD and ODD symptoms were determined by teacher and mother…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Sibling Relationship, Mothers, Rating Scales
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Mah, Janet W. T.; Johnston, Charlotte – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
The attributions made by Chinese immigrant (n = 28) and Euro-Canadian (n = 27) mothers of 5- to 9-year-old boys regarding the causes of child prosocial and problem behaviors exhibited by children with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were investigated. Mothers' attributions were elicited using audio-taped scenarios of…
Descriptors: Males, Cultural Differences, Child Behavior, Prosocial Behavior