reviewNature Reviews Disease PrimersAug 5, 2015HYBRID OA

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

SVStephen V. FaraonePAPhilip AshersonTBTobias BanaschewskiJBJoseph BiedermanJKJan K. Buitelaar

SUNY Upstate Medical University · King's College London · +19 more institutions

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Abstract

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a persistent neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 5% of children and adolescents and 2.5% of adults worldwide. Throughout an individual's lifetime, ADHD can increase the risk of other psychiatric disorders, educational and occupational failure, accidents, criminality, social disability and addictions. No single risk factor is necessary or sufficient to cause ADHD. In most cases ADHD arises from several genetic and environmental risk factors that each have a small individual effect and act together to increase susceptibility. The multifactorial causation of ADHD is consistent with the heterogeneity of the disorder, which is shown by its extensive…

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  • Neurocognitive
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Psychiatry
  • Neurodevelopmental disorder
  • Psychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • Addiction
  • Medicine
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