Is ADHD severity in adults associated with the lifetime prevalence of comorbid depressive episodes and anxiety disorders?

• Published in: European psychiatry Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 308 - 314
• Main Authors: Simon, V., Czobor, P., Bitter, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adult ADHD; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety; Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis; Anxiety Disorders - epidemiology; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; Biological and medical sciences; CAARS; Child clinical studies; Comorbidity; Depression; Depression - diagnosis; Depression - epidemiology; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Humans; Hungary - epidemiology; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Severity; Severity of Illness Index; Hungary; Depression; Adult ADHD; Severity; Anxiety; CAARS; Comorbidity; Human; Mood disorder; Affect affectivity; Prevalence; Anxiety disorder; Epidemiology; Concomitant disease; Lifetime; Adult; Attention disorder with hyperactivity; Public health

The objective of the present study was to examine the association between ADHD severity and the lifetime prevalence of comorbid depressive episodes and anxiety disorders in adults with ADHD. Analyses were based on data of the Conner's Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS) and a parent study examining...