:: Jun-Jul 2008

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View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Highlighted Article

Adolescents with Childhood ADHD and Comorbid Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. (Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2008) “Conclusion: Adolescents diagnosed with ADHD and comorbid disruptive behavior disorders during childhood report high levels of aggression associated with increased emotionality in the form of anger, but not hostile cognitions. These findings suggest that in addition to inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity, emotional dysregulation may be an important component of ADHD, particularly as it presents in adolescence.”

Clinical Guidelines

AHRQ - National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Practitioners' Toolkit: Parent Information and Support (2004)

AHRQ - National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Practitioners' Toolkit: Treatment (2004)

ICSI - ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care, Diagnosis and Management of (for patients & families) (2007)

ICSI - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Primary Care for School Age Children and Adolescents, Diagnosis and Management of (2005)

NGC - Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (2005)

NGC - Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school age children and adolescents. (2005)

NGC - Evidence based clinical practice guideline for outpatient evaluation and management of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (2004)

Internet Sites

Featured site

NIH - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

NIH - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Related Topics - Highlighted Articles

Autism - Asperger

[Large-scale genotyping in research into autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.] (Rev Neurol. 2005) "Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two neuropsychiatric disorders beginning in childhood that present a high degree of familial aggregation. É Genetic linkage studies have pointed to about 20 chromosomal regions that could well contain genes that grant susceptibility to autism, to ADHD or to both disorders."

Behavioral and Learning Disorders

A meta-analysis of working memory impairments in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2005) "OBJECTIVE: To determine the empirical evidence for deficits in working memory (WM) processes in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). É RESULTS: Children with ADHD exhibited deficits in multiple components of WM that were independent of comorbidity with language learning disorders and weaknesses in general intellectual ability."

In this newsletter:

Adult ADD
Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening
General Information
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction

	Adult ADD

	Diagnosis, Imaging, & Screening

	General Information
ADHD Characteristics: I. Concurrent Co-morbidity Patterns in Children & Adolescents. (Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2008) “CONCLUSIONS: Almost 2/3rd of ADHD children have impairing comorbid diagnoses; Hyperactive ADHD represents less than 10% of an ADHD sample; ODD is primarily associated with Hyperactive and Combined ADHD; and, MDDD may be a significant morbidity for ADHD youths from clinical samples.” CDC: About 5% of Kids Have ADHD Distractibility in Attention/Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): The Virtual Reality Classroom. (Child Neuropsychol. 2008) ADHD Increasingly Common in Older Kids Hyper Campers Mathematical learning disorder in school-age children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Can J Psychiatry. 2008) Overweight in children and adolescents in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: results from a national sample. (Pediatrics. 2008) Self-esteem in children with attention and/or learning deficits: the importance of gender. (Acta Paediatr. 2008) Working memory in school-aged children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder combined type: Are deficits modality specific and are they independent of impaired inhibitory control? (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2008)

	Risk Factors

	Risk Reduction