Arican, I;
Bass, N;
Neelam, K;
Wolfe, K;
McQuillin, A;
Giaroli, G;
(2019)
Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
, 139
(1)
pp. 89-96.
10.1111/acps.12948.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia (SCZ). METHODS: A systematic review was conducted to evaluate existing evidence. Two self-report questionnaires were used to investigate adult ADHD and childhood ADHD symptoms in 126 patients with ICD-10 diagnoses of SCZ. RESULTS: Five studies were included in the systematic review, with the prevalence of childhood and adult ADHD in SCZ subjects ranging between 17-57% and 10-47% respectively. Within our cohort, 47% of patients reported positive screening for ADHD symptoms either in childhood or adulthood. 23% reported symptomatology consistent with both childhood and adult ADHD. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate a greater presence of ADHD symptomatology in SCZ compared to that reported for ADHD in the general population. Our findings highlight the importance of improved clinical assessment and treatment considerations in a subgroup of patients with SCZ.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in patients with schizophrenia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/acps.12948 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12948 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | ADHD, cognitive impairment, comorbidity, diagnosis, psychoses |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055140 |
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