Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
OBJECTIVE: Comorbidity between Tourette's syndrome (TS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is high. In children, those with both TS+ADHD fare less well than those with TS-only on measures of both psychopathology and behaviour. The objective of this study was to document such m...
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| author | Haddad, A Umoh, G Bhatia, V Robertson, M |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: Comorbidity between Tourette's syndrome (TS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is high. In children, those with both TS+ADHD fare less well than those with TS-only on measures of both psychopathology and behaviour. The objective of this study was to document such measures in adult patients. METHOD: Eighty adults with TS-only were compared to 64 with TS+ADHD using a clinical interview and standardised measures of depression, anxiety and obsessionality. RESULTS: The two groups were no different on measures of TS severity. TS+ADHD patients had significantly more depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviour and maladaptive behaviours than patients with TS-only. There were also significant differences in the incidence of copro- and echo-phenomena and family history of ADHD. CONCLUSION: The finding of increased overall behavioural difficulties and psychopathology in adult patients with TS+ADHD when compared with TS-only is in agreement with previous findings in children with TS. Appropriate treatment of ADHD in TS patients during childhood may prevent many behavioural problems in adulthood. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:55f1f66d-5c8a-44cc-9295-468eaa4ad02e2022-03-26T16:47:19ZAdults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:55f1f66d-5c8a-44cc-9295-468eaa4ad02eEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Haddad, AUmoh, GBhatia, VRobertson, M OBJECTIVE: Comorbidity between Tourette's syndrome (TS) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is high. In children, those with both TS+ADHD fare less well than those with TS-only on measures of both psychopathology and behaviour. The objective of this study was to document such measures in adult patients. METHOD: Eighty adults with TS-only were compared to 64 with TS+ADHD using a clinical interview and standardised measures of depression, anxiety and obsessionality. RESULTS: The two groups were no different on measures of TS severity. TS+ADHD patients had significantly more depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive behaviour and maladaptive behaviours than patients with TS-only. There were also significant differences in the incidence of copro- and echo-phenomena and family history of ADHD. CONCLUSION: The finding of increased overall behavioural difficulties and psychopathology in adult patients with TS+ADHD when compared with TS-only is in agreement with previous findings in children with TS. Appropriate treatment of ADHD in TS patients during childhood may prevent many behavioural problems in adulthood. |
| spellingShingle | Haddad, A Umoh, G Bhatia, V Robertson, M Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title | Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title_full | Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title_fullStr | Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title_short | Adults with Tourette's syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| title_sort | adults with tourette s syndrome with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
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