International ADHD research has been undertaken over the past number of years. As more research is completed ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder is becoming much more understood. Together with Australian research, international studies on ADHD are paving the way for a higher level of diagnosis, which has seen better treatments and medication options becoming available for individuals.
Many worldwide studies have been completed on ADHD to date and this condition continues to be explored and examine in many ways in order to better understand, diagnosis and provide better treatment. In Australia today, ADHD in adults in not recognised as a mental disorder even though it has been defined as a neurodevelopment condition that does not disappear on reaching adulthood. We will continue to update this information as more studies are published.
Research Links
- Shared genetic background between children and adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (nature.com)
- ADHD Epidemiology | ADHD Institute (adhd-institute.com)ADHD Epidemiology | ADHD Institute (adhd-institute.com)
- Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder – PubMed (nih.gov)
- Gender differences in psychiatric comorbidity: a population‐based study of 40 000 adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (nih.gov)
- Live fast, die young? A review on the developmental trajectories of ADHD across the lifespan (nih.gov)
- ADHD Epidemiology (news-medical.net)
- Barkley, R.A. (2015). ‘Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment,’ 4th ed. New York: Guilford Publications.
Click here to read more - Barkley & Peters 2012. ‘The Earliest Reference to ADHD in the Medical Literature?’ JAtt Dis 16, 623 – 630.
Click here to read more - Mehren A, Özyurt J, Lam AP, Brandes M, Müller HHO, Thiel CM and Philipsen A (2019) ‘Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function and Attention in Adult Patients With ADHD.’ Front. Psychiatry 10:132. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00132.
Click here to read more or here to read the full article. - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2008, ’Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Diagnosis and management of ADHD in children, young people and adults.’ NICE clinical guidelines 72: last modified March 2013.
Click here to read more - Philip Shaw, P., Stringaris A., Nigg , J. & Leibenluft, E. (2104). ‘Emotion Dysregulation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.’ The American Journal of Psychiatry, 171, 276–293.
Click here to read more - Polanczyk 2007, ‘The worldwide prevalence of ADHD’ Am J Psych 164(6).
Click here to read more - Sobanski et al. 2008, ‘Sleep in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Before and During Treatment with Methylphenidate: A Controlled Polysomnographic Study.’ 31 (3): pp 375 – 381.
Click here to read more - Wiklund, J., Yu, W., Tucker, R. & Marino, L.D. (2017). ‘ADHD, impulsivity and entrepreneurship.‘ Journal of Business Venturing, (32)6, 627-656.
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