Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults

By P. Gillig, J. P. Gentile, R. Atiq. 2004

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Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders (2014, background): “While ADHD has long been known to persist into adulthood [1419,1420], it has only recently become the focus of widespread clinical attention [1421-1423].”
The age-dependent decline of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis of follow-up studies (2005, background): “Some assert that most cases of ADHD remit in adulthood; they conclude that adult ADHD is very rare (Shaffer, 1994; Hill & Schoener, 1996).”
The World Health Organization adult ADHD self-report scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population (2005, background): “(Email : kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu) 245 that ADHD is probably ‘the most common chronic undiagnosed psychiatric disorder in adults ’ (Wender, 1998).”
Adult ADHD and comorbid disorders: clinical implications of a dimensional approach (2017, background): “Individuals with comorbid ADHD and depression have a high disease burden including lower self-reported quality of life than those with MDD alone [44].”
The worldwide prevalence of ADHD: a systematic review and metaregression analysis. (2007, background): “Finally, we did not provide estimates of ADHD/HD prevalence among adults, an emerging new area of research (26) that should be addressed in future studies.”