Psychotic Symptoms in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: An Analysis of the MTA Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the prevalence of psychotic symptoms among youths (14-25 years of age) with a childhood diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined type.

Method

Participants in the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (MTA) and a local normative comparison group (LNCG) were systematically assessed 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 years after the original enrollment at a mean age of 8.5 years. Trained research assistants administered a psychosis screener, and positive screens were referred to study clinicians to confirm or exclude psychosis. Possible associations between screening positive and alcohol or substance use were assessed.

Results

Data were available from 509 MTA participants (88% of original MTA sample; mean age 25.1 years)

SUBMITTER: Vitiello B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5367469 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature