Absence of Gender Effects on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings in Nonreferred Subjects

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 162; no. 6; pp. 1083 - 1089
• Main Authors: Biederman, Joseph, Kwon, Anne, Aleardi, Megan, Chouinard, Virginie-Anne, Marino, Teresa, Cole, Heather, Mick, Eric, Faraone, Stephen V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.06.2005; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - diagnosis; Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child clinical studies; Comorbidity; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Gender differences; Humans; Hyperactivity; Learning Disorders - diagnosis; Learning Disorders - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Medical treatment; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Selection Bias; Sex Factors; Siblings - psychology; Hyperactivity; Parent; Cognitive ability; Sex; Social adjustment; Nosology; Cognition; Sibling; Attentional disorder; Criterion; Classification; Family environment; Diagnosis; Child; Human; School adaptation; Family study; Clinical form; Symptomatology; Concomitant disease; School age; Sociodemographic factor; Adolescent; Mental disorder; Typology; Comparative study

OBJECTIVE: In a previous study, the authors found that, compared with referred boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), girls are less likely to manifest comorbid disruptive behavior disorders and learning disabilities-characteristics that could adversely affect identification of A...