Interoceptive awareness in patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

• Published in: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 395 - 401
• Main Authors: Kutscheidt, Katrin, Dresler, Thomas, Hudak, Justin, Barth, Beatrix, Blume, Friederike, Ethofer, Thomas, Fallgatter, Andreas J., Ehlis, Ann-Christine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - physiopathology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Awareness; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Interoception; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Myocardial Contraction; Original Article; Psychiatry; ADHD; Interoception; Interoceptive awareness; Self-regulation

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder normally diagnosed in childhood and persisting into adulthood in up to two-thirds of the patients. Its core symptoms comprise inattention and hyperactive–impulsive behaviours. Several studies suggest that patients with AD...