Age at Diagnosis and Clinical and Genetic Profiles Among Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

In this cross-sectional study of adults with ADHD, individuals first diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood showed a milder ADHD-like clinical and genetic profile than those diagnosed in childhood or adolescence, which may contribute to later recognition of the disorder. Nonetheless, adults diagnosed either as youths or adults exhibited profiles characteristic of ADHD relative to matched controls without ADHD, including substantial burden, supporting adult-diagnosed ADHD as a clinically important subgroup warranting recognition and management.

Corresponding Authors: Douglas Teixeira Leffa, MD, PhD (teixeiraleffad@upmc.edu), and Tharick A. Pascoal, MD, PhD (pascoalt@upmc.edu), Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 200 Meyran Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.