How often are German children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD? Prevalence based on the judgment of health care professionals: results of the German health and examination survey (KiGGS)

• Published in: European child & adolescent psychiatry Vol. 17; no. Suppl 1; pp. 52 - 58
• Main Authors: Huss, Michael, Hölling, Heike, Kurth, Bärbel-Maria, Schlack, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.12.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Adolescent; Adolescent Psychiatry - statistics & numerical data; Adolescents; Age Distribution; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Child; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Child Psychiatry - statistics & numerical data; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Diagnosis; Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data; Epidemiology; Female; Gender; Germany - epidemiology; Health Personnel - psychology; Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data; Health Surveys; Humans; Hyperactivity; Judgment - physiology; Male; Medical personnel; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental health; Odds Ratio; Original Contribution; Parents - psychology; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Questionnaires; Response rates; Sex Distribution; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic status; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Germany; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; prevalence; ADHD; children; adolescents; Germany

Background Attention deficit-/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic disorder with a substantial lifelong impact on personal and social functioning, academic performance, and the health system in general. Extended knowledge regarding its epidemiology will help to optimise the distribution of hea...