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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Comorbid Disorders"”.
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Identification of ADHD and Comorbid Disorders in Children: The potential role of minority group membership
<p>Identification of ADHD and Comorbid Disorders in Children: The potential role of minority group membership</p> <p>by</p> <p>Rachel Tayler, MSc, MA</p> <p>Advisor: Sarah O’Neill, PhD</p> <p>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects six million US children. Females, Latinx, and …
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Profiles of Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
… more complex to diagnose in adulthood as several comorbid disorders may also impact attention. Many symptoms, often prevalent in childhood, taper off in adulthood, adding to the difficulty of differential diagnosis. Clinicians must decipher symptoms of ADHD from comorbid disorders during …
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A Comparative Analysis of the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale Scores of Traumatized Youth With and Without PTSD Relative to Non-Traumatized Controls
… comparison group (41). In the absence of major comorbid disorders, children with PTSD had significantly higher RCMAS total scores and significantly higher scores on the RCMAS Physiological Anxiety, Worry/Oversensitivity, and Social Concern/Concentration subscales. Nonsignificant differences were …
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Functional impairment in South African children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder
… in the study. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (KSADS-PL), the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview For Children and Adolescents Version 5 (MINIKID5.0), the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS), the …
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Cluster analysis of disorders characterized by impulsivity in patients with methamphetamine use disorder
… (MUD) frequently present with psychiatric comorbidities with impulsive features. Little research has been conducted on comorbidity with impulsive features in MUD. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to delineate comorbid disorders with impulsivity in adult patients with a primary …
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Genetic Alterations Associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
… influence of anxiety and depression, two highly comorbid disorders with ADHD.</p>
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An Examination Of Executive Function And Reading Ability In Children With A Reading Disability And Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
… the study was looking to examine the impact of comorbid disorders on the performance of children with ADHD on tests of cognitive function. Given that children diagnosed with ADHD frequently will display a learning disability, often a reading disability, this study also examined the impact of …
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School Psychologists’ Training and Knowledge of Tourette Syndrome
… because of tic related issues, as well as comorbid disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Schools typically are where students spend many hours of their day, and where those who are knowledgeable about Tourette’s can …
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Does Overweight/Obesity Moderate the Association between ADHD and Internalizing Difficulties in Young Adults?
… ADHD), “High ADHD” only (High ADHD/Low BMI) and “Comorbid” (High ADHD/High BMI). Chi-square analyses showed that High ADHD and High BMI were not significantly related. Second, greater ADHD, but not BMI was significantly related to depression and stress, and lower self-esteem. BMI was only …
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The Influence of Comorbid Trauma Symptomatology on the Treatment of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder with Exposure and Response Prevention
<p>This study explored the impact of significant comorbid trauma symptomatology on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptom severity and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) outcome. A retrospective chart analysis was performed on pre-treatment and post-treatment measures for 78 patients seen for …
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Predictors of outcome for the young offspring of depressed mothers: Maternal psychopathology, maternal behavior, and the social/familial context
… sample of mothers with unipolar affective disorders (current and in remission). Maternal psychopathology variables were assessed using structured diagnostic interviews and self-report measures. Measures of maternal behavior and child outcomes were derived from home observations and …
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbid Anxiety/Depression in Adults: Impacts on Neuropsychological Functioning
<p>ADHD comorbidity with other disorders is high in the adult population (over 44% of individuals carry a second diagnosis, 25% anxiety, 18.6% in depression). Separately, these disorders can impact scores on neuropsychological assessments. Little research has investigated how comorbidity among ADHD …
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The Impact of Cognitive Processing Therapy On Quality of Life and Healthcare Use in Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Due to Military Sexual Trauma
… with PTSD due to MST experience a range of comorbid disorders and psychological sequelae including impaired quality of life (Suris et al., 2006), and utilized more primary healthcare services compared to those without PTSD (Frayne, Chiu, Iqbal, Berg, Laungani, Cronkite, Pavao, & Kimerling, …
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Executive Functioning and Memory Performance in ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome
… Disorder (PDD), making it impossible to have comorbid disorders. This study investigated executive function and memory differences between 11 children with Asperger’s syndrome, 13 children with ADHD, and 36 controls, all ranging in age from 7-16 years. Executive function was assessed using …
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Caulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features
… -symptom severity, course, duration, comorbid illnesses, and extent of psychological distress and functional impairment - in individuals who self-report coulrophobia. Fear of clowns is more commonly associated with fear (45.3%) than disgust (37.9%). The possibility that fear of clowns …
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Differentiating Anxiety and Depression Using the Clinical Assessment of Depression
Anxiety and depression are two disorders frequently diagnosed in adults. Given serious adverse affects such as physical health problems, interpersonal relationship difficulties, and suicide, differentiation in treatment of these often comorbid disorders is a necessity in providing appropriate care. …
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EXAMINING THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: THE ROLE OF REWARD RESPONSIVITY
… remained significant when controlling for comorbid psychopathology, including symptoms of aggression and depression. Finally, exploratory connectivity analyses found that NSSI was associated with differential connectivity between regions including the DS, vmPFC, insula, parietal operculum …
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Study of needs and sevice use among young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at transition from adolescence to young adulthood
… associated with high levels of impairments and comorbid disorders, few studies have examined needs, health service use and healthcare transitions among adolescents and young adults with ADHD. There are currently limited adult services for those with ADHD and little is known about their needs and …
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Using cognitive-behavioral case formulations to increase relevance and tailor treatment for African American and Hispanic adults experiencing comorbid depression and anxiety
… the way of empirically supported treatments for comorbid depression and anxiety or for ethnically and racially diverse populations experiencing either depression and/or anxiety. One approach to treating comorbid Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder is tailored treatment …
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Pharmacotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: New Meta-Analytic Approaches to Synthesising the Evidence
… (PTSD) are prevalent, disabling and highly comorbid disorders. SAD is the most prevalent of the anxiety disorders, and PTSD is the central disorder in the DSM-5 section on trauma- and stressor-related disorders. Given the growing need to consider the totality of evidence for pharmacological …