Longitudinal study on all-cause and suicide mortality among individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

• Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 1229 - 1238
• Main Authors: Jeng, Jia-Shyun, Huang, Hsiang-Hsuan, Chang, Wen-Han, Cheng, Chih-Ming, Su, Tung-Ping, Chen, Tzeng-Ji, Tsai, Shih-Jen, Chen, Mu-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accidents; Adolescent; Adult; Anxiety disorders; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - mortality; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Autism; Bipolar disorder; Cause of Death; Child; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Comorbidity; Correspondence; Depressive personality disorders; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Mortality; Mortality rates; National health insurance; Personality disorders; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Substance use; Substance use disorder; Suicide; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; Suicides & suicide attempts; Taiwan - epidemiology; Young Adult; Taiwan; Psychiatric comorbidities; ADHD; All-cause mortality; Suicide; Taiwan

Background Previous research has linked attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, primarily owing to unnatural causes such as accidents and suicides. This increase may be attributable to the co-occurrence of major psychiatric disorders, including...