Heterotypic trajectories of dimensional psychopathology across the lifespan: the case of youth ‐onset attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

ConclusionsA significant proportion of adolescents with ADHD were youth ‐onset cases and presented similar impairment levels as those cases with early‐onset ADHD. The presence of cognitive impairments and higher levels of clinical symptoms in the youth‐onset group already at childhood speaks in favor of a heterotypic trajectory of psychopathology suggesting that y outh‐onset ADHD might be an artificial consequence of categorizing dimensional psychopathology into discrete diagnostic groups.

Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - October 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Arthur Gus Manfro, Marcos Santoro, Guilherme Vanoni Polanczyk, Ary Gadelha, Pedro Mario Pan, Rodrigo Affonseca Bressan, Elisa Brietzke, Fernanda Talarico, Sintia Belangero, Luis Augusto Rohde, Giovanni Abrah ão Salum Tags: Original Article Source Type: research