Separating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities in Girls: A Familial Risk Analysis

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 158; no. 10; pp. 1666 - 1672
• Main Authors: Doyle, Alysa E., Faraone, Stephen V., DuPre, Emily P., Biederman, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.10.2001; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - genetics; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child clinical studies; Comorbidity; Developmental disorders; Diagnosis, Differential; Familial factors; Family; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease - epidemiology; Girls; Health risk assessment; Humans; Hyperactivity; Learning disabilities; Learning disabled children; Learning disorders; Learning Disorders - diagnosis; Learning Disorders - epidemiology; Learning Disorders - genetics; Male; Marriage; Medical sciences; Models, Genetic; Parents; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Research Design; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Human; School age; Attentional disorder; Family study; Hyperactivity; Learning disability; Adolescent; Risk factor; Child; Preadolescent

OBJECTIVE: Familial risk analysis was used to clarify the relationship in girls between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities in either mathematics or reading. METHOD: The authors assessed the presence of ADHD and learning disabilities in 679 first-degree relative...