PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY IN CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 95
Abstract
BACKGROUND The history of recognition of ADHD as a child psychiatric disorder spans more than a century. Early conceptualisations included both Neurological and Psychological notions of causation, which have evolved over time into models of the disorder that attempt to integrate knowledge of brain anatomy and function with behaviour. Objective- The present study is being undertaken with the primary purpose of determining the psychiatric comorbidity among children and adolescents with ADHD less than 18 years of age, depending on age, sex and source of patient population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample included 50 children and adolescents under 18 years of age diagnosed as having ADHD. The diagnosis and the comorbidities will be made by the use of the rating scales- The Conners’ Parent and Teacher Rating Scales, Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) and the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). RESULTS 74% of the cases out of a sample of 50 children with ADHD were found to have at least one psychiatric comorbidity. The most common psychiatric comorbidity in the ADHD cases was disruptive behaviour disorder (46%); followed by anxiety disorder (20%); affective disorder (18%); mental retardation (18%); enuresis (16%); epilepsy (10%); encopresis (6%); tic disorder (6%); autism (2%); substance-related disorder (2%) and other psychotic disorders were also found in 2% of the total cases. CONCLUSION According to our results, among the 50 cases of ADHD presented in the sample, almost all cases had at least one comorbid disorder and the pathophysiology was prevalent almost among all the groups. The advantages of following the practice of diagnosing comorbid psychiatric disorders is that it will promote research to focus on pathogenesis of these presentations and lead to development of specific strategies directed to treating them.
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Harjot Singh, Garg P. D, Kaur Kanwaljit
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