Inter-rater reliability of reported age of onset and total symptom values among informants and relevant descriptive data were also explored. Results indicated no significant increase in inter-rater reliability for symptom criteria for adult ADHD, and poor to fair inter-rater reliability among informant...
Bipolar children are easily distracted, impulsive, and hyperactive, which can lead to a misdiagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Furthermore, their aggression often leads to violence, which may be misdiagnosed as a conduct disorder . Substance abuse, thyroid disease, and ...
Although the disorder may occur in adolescence, it may be difficult to diagnose, since borderline symptoms such as impulsive and experimental behaviors, insecurity, and mood swings are common—even developmentally appropriate—occurrences at this age. Borderline symptoms may also be the result of ...
According to the DSM-5, do you think that ADHD IS over-diagnosed? Is autism a type of personality disorder? Is a personality disorder a disability? Is a personality disorder a part of autism? Are personality disorders curable? What are the characteristics of narcissistic personality ...
Massachusetts General Hospital who met study inclusion criteria. Outpatients of either sex between 18 and 55 years of age were eligible for entry into the study if they met DSM-III-R criteria for a diagnosis of childhood-onset ADHD as manifested inclinical evaluationand confirmed by structured ...
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It includes a 10-year epidemiological forecast for the total prevalent cases of acute insomnia, chronic insomnia (not fulfilling DSM-IV criteria), chronic primary insomnia, and chronic secondary insomnia, segmented by sex and age (in 15-year age groups beginning at 15 years and ending at =75 ...
Research has also identified specific social behaviors that differentiate children with ASD from typically developing children as early as 18 months of age. These behaviors include: • decreased attention to the voices of others (e.g., failing to respond to their name when called); • the ...
ADHD (85) Anger Management (473) Anxiety (1,545) Autism (28) Bipolar (297) Borderline (153) Depression (1,667) Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (126) Eating Disorders (193) Family (1,034) General (5,515) Grief & Loss (360) Illegal drugs/alcohol abuse (293) ...
The absence of generalized expressions of anxiety, GAD and separation anxiety disorders could also reflect the predominance of children with autistic disorder in our sample, and relatively many with low age and cognitive level. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder High rate of ADHD is a consistent...