By Peik Gustafsson Short comment The authors challenge the notion that approximately 50% of children with ADHD outgrow the disorder by adulthood. Few studies have studied remission, recurrence, and recovery. Many studies have only given single-time snapshots with a definition of remission as “failing to meet DSM criteria” without reference to subtype of ADHD or…
Suggested readingNahit Motavalli Mukaddes MD Professor of Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry Istanbul Institute of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry www.nahitmotavalli.net The majority of individuals with ADHD show impairments in emotional regulation (ED). However, the current diagnostic system such as DSM-5, does not include emotional problems as core symptoms of ADHD, but only mentions them as associated…
Suggested readingArtemios Pehlivanidis M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece We hypothesize that individual trait dimensions that derive from questionnaires with widely accepted psychometric properties may offer helpful information for the differential diagnosis and treatment of adults with normal intelligence that are referred with a suspected ADHD or ASD or ADHD/ASD diagnosis.…
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