Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood

This study points out the importance of diagnosing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adult patients and, for that purpose, the necessity to diagnose the disorder during childhood. The frequency of this disorder among adults is 4% of the population, with a similar proportion between...

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Autor: Romo Jiménez, L.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2007
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Palavra-chave:Hyperactivity
Attention deficit disorder
Adults
Addiction
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spelling Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthoodEl trastorno de déficit de atención/hiperactividad como factor de riesgo de conductas adictivas en la edad adultaRomo Jiménez, L.HyperactivityAttention deficit disorderAdultsAddictionThis study points out the importance of diagnosing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adult patients and, for that purpose, the necessity to diagnose the disorder during childhood. The frequency of this disorder among adults is 4% of the population, with a similar proportion between men and women, whereas the disorder is more often male-related during childhood. Impulsiveness is less important during adulthood, but difficulties of attention and organization are more frequent. There is a wide range of literature about the possible relationship between ADHD and addiction problems or depressive disorders. This article analyses the most relevant works published in this field over the last few years, and insists on the need to improve evaluation tools to assess and to harmonise diagnosis criteria in order to keep developing the understanding of this disorder.Universidad de Sevilla2007info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/132612reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésAnuario de Psicologia Clinica y de la Salud/Annuary of Clinical and Health Psychology, 3, 69-71.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1326122026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
El trastorno de déficit de atención/hiperactividad como factor de riesgo de conductas adictivas en la edad adulta
title Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
spellingShingle Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
Romo Jiménez, L.
Hyperactivity
Attention deficit disorder
Adults
Addiction
title_short Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
title_full Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
title_fullStr Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
title_full_unstemmed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
title_sort Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for addictive behaviour in adulthood
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romo Jiménez, L.
author Romo Jiménez, L.
author_facet Romo Jiménez, L.
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Hyperactivity
Attention deficit disorder
Adults
Addiction
topic Hyperactivity
Attention deficit disorder
Adults
Addiction
description This study points out the importance of diagnosing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adult patients and, for that purpose, the necessity to diagnose the disorder during childhood. The frequency of this disorder among adults is 4% of the population, with a similar proportion between men and women, whereas the disorder is more often male-related during childhood. Impulsiveness is less important during adulthood, but difficulties of attention and organization are more frequent. There is a wide range of literature about the possible relationship between ADHD and addiction problems or depressive disorders. This article analyses the most relevant works published in this field over the last few years, and insists on the need to improve evaluation tools to assess and to harmonise diagnosis criteria in order to keep developing the understanding of this disorder.
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