Authors
Ronald C Kessler, Lenard Adler, Russell Barkley, Joseph Biederman, C Keith Conners, Olga Demler, Stephen V Faraone, Laurence L Greenhill, Mary J Howes, Kristina Secnik, Thomas Spencer, T Bedirhan Ustun, Ellen E Walters, Alan M Zaslavsky
Publication date
2006/4
Journal
American Journal of psychiatry
Volume
163
Issue
4
Pages
716-723
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association
Description
Objective
Despite growing interest in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about its prevalence or correlates. Method
A screen for adult ADHD was included in a probability subsample (N=3,199) of 18–44-year-old respondents in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a nationally representative household survey that used a lay-administered diagnostic interview to assess a wide range of DSM-IV disorders. Blinded clinical follow-up interviews of adult ADHD were carried out with 154 respondents, oversampling those with positive screen results. Multiple imputation was used to estimate prevalence and correlates of clinician-assessed adult ADHD. Results
The estimated prevalence of current adult ADHD was 4.4%. Significant correlates included being male, previously married, unemployed, and non-Hispanic white. Adult ADHD was highly …Total citations
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