Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder – diagnosis or normality?

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults evokes extreme responses within British psychiatrists, because its diagnostic validity and pharmacological treatments are heavily contested. We propose a model that accommodates apparently divergent evidence, and provides a clinical framework for cl...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2013-11, Vol.203 (5), p.317-319
Main Authors: Shah, Premal J., Morton, Michael J. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Adversity
Anxiety disorders
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - drug therapy
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - psychology
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Divorce
Editorial
Emotional disorders
Employment
Humans
Hyperactivity
Hypertension
Impulsivity
Intervention
Medical diagnosis
Mental disorders
Models, Psychological
Mood
Normality
Pathology
Personality disorders
Prevention
Prisoners
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Risk Factors
Substance abuse
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Summary:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults evokes extreme responses within British psychiatrists, because its diagnostic validity and pharmacological treatments are heavily contested. We propose a model that accommodates apparently divergent evidence, and provides a clinical framework for clinicians and patients, allowing safe, responsible and ethically balanced clinical practice.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126474