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23-09-2015 | Original Article

Demographic Characteristics and Psychiatric Comorbidity of Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with ADHD in Specialized Healthcare

Auteurs: Petteri Joelsson, Roshan Chudal, David Gyllenberg, Anna-Kaisa Kesti, Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki, Juha-Pekka Virtanen, Jukka Huttunen, Terja Ristkari, Kai Parkkola, Mika Gissler, Andre Sourander

Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development | Uitgave 4/2016

Abstract

Recent studies have shown an increasing incidence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children diagnosed in specialized services. This study aims to describe children with ADHD in Finnish specialized healthcare by reporting the demographic characteristics, time trends in diagnosis, psychiatric comorbidity, and the validity of register-based diagnoses. All the singletons born in Finland between 1991 and 2005 and diagnosed with ADHD by 2011 were identified and their psychiatric comorbidity data was obtained from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register (FHDR). Parents of 69 patients were interviewed via telephone for a diagnostic validation. A total of 10,409 children were identified with ADHD, with a male: female ratio of 5.3:1 and a psychiatric comorbidity rate of 76.7 %. Of the validation sample 88 % met the diagnostic criteria of ADHD for DSM-IV. There is an increasing trend of ADHD diagnosis among both males and females. Psychiatric comorbidity is common and includes a wide range of disorders among children with ADHD. There was an increase of ADHD diagnoses especially among boys. More attention is needed to detect ADHD among girls in health services. Diagnoses in the FHDR show diagnostic validity and their sociodemographic patterns are in line with previous studies.

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Titel: Demographic Characteristics and Psychiatric Comorbidity of Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with ADHD in Specialized Healthcare
Auteurs: Petteri Joelsson
Roshan Chudal
David Gyllenberg
Anna-Kaisa Kesti
Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki
Juha-Pekka Virtanen
Jukka Huttunen
Terja Ristkari
Kai Parkkola
Mika Gissler
Andre Sourander
Publicatiedatum: 23-09-2015
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Child Psychiatry & Human Development / Uitgave 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-398X
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0591-6

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