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Skymba HV, Shields AN, Rauch AA, Phillips MS, Bing-Canar H, Finley JCA, Khan H, Ovsiew GP, Durkin NM, Jennette KJ, Resch ZJ, Soble JR. Does comorbid depression impact executive functioning (EF) in adults diagnosed with ADHD?: a comparison of EF across diagnoses in clinically-referred individuals. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2023; 45:1-11. [PMID: 37083506 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2203464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Executive functioning (EF) is a salient factor in both ADHD as well as depressive disorders. However, sparse literature has examined whether depression severity impacts EF concurrently among adults with ADHD. The goal of this study was to examine differences in EF between adult patients diagnosed with ADHD and those diagnosed with a non-ADHD primary psychopathological condition, as a function of both ADHD presentation and depression severity in a diverse clinical sample. METHOD This crosssectional study included 404 adult patients clinically referred for neuropsychological evaluation to assist with differential diagnosis and/or treatment planning related to known or suspected ADHD. Various EF tasks and a measure of depression severity were administered. One-way MANOVA analyses were conducted to compare EF performance between individuals diagnosed with ADHD or a non-ADHD primary psychopathological condition, with additional analyses examining group differences based on ADHD presentation and depression severity. Regression analyses also examined the potential contribution of depression severity to each EF measure within each group. RESULTS No significant EF performance differences were found when comparing individuals diagnosed with ADHD and those with a non-ADHD primary psychopathological condition, nor based on ADHD presentation. When comparing across groups using cut-offs for high or low depression, only one EF measure showed significant differences between groups. Further, depression severity generally did not predict reduced EF performances with the exception of verbal fluency and working memory performances in select groups. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that individuals with ADHD generally perform comparably on EF measures regardless of the presence or absence of comorbid depression. These results suggest further examination of EF deficits when they emerge for adults with ADHD, especially beyond comorbid depression severity.
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- Haley V Skymba
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Romero-Garcia R, Owen M, McDonald A, Woodberry E, Assem M, Coelho P, Morris RC, Price SJ, Santarius T, Suckling J, Manly T, Erez Y, Hart MG. Assessment of neuropsychological function in brain tumor treatment: a comparison of traditional neuropsychological assessment with app-based cognitive screening. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2022; 164:2021-2034. [PMID: 35230551 PMCID: PMC9338148 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-022-05162-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gliomas are typically considered to cause relatively few neurological impairments. However, cognitive difficulties can arise, for example during treatment, with potential detrimental effects on quality of life. Accurate, reproducible, and accessible cognitive assessment is therefore vital in understanding the effects of both tumor and treatments. Our aim is to compare traditional neuropsychological assessment with an app-based cognitive screening tool in patients with glioma before and after surgical resection. Our hypotheses were that cognitive impairments would be apparent, even in a young and high functioning cohort, and that app-based cognitive screening would complement traditional neuropsychological assessment. METHODS Seventeen patients with diffuse gliomas completed a traditional neuropsychological assessment and an app-based touchscreen tablet assessment pre- and post-operatively. The app assessment was also conducted at 3- and 12-month follow-up. Impairment rates, mean performance, and pre- and post-operative changes were compared using standardized Z-scores. RESULTS Approximately 2-3 h of traditional assessment indicated an average of 2.88 cognitive impairments per patient, while the 30-min screen indicated 1.18. As might be expected, traditional assessment using multiple items across the difficulty range proved more sensitive than brief screening measures in areas such as memory and attention. However, the capacity of the screening app to capture reaction times enhanced its sensitivity, relative to traditional assessment, in the area of non-verbal function. Where there was overlap between the two assessments, for example digit span tasks, the results were broadly equivalent. CONCLUSIONS Cognitive impairments were common in this sample and app-based screening complemented traditional neuropsychological assessment. Implications for clinical assessment and follow-up are discussed.
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- Rafael Romero-Garcia
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK.
- Dpto. de Fisiología Médica Y Biofísica, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS) HUVR/CSIC, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK
- Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridgeshire, UK
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building for Brain and Mind Sciences, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0SZ, UK
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Scores in Self-Report Questionnaires Assessing Adult ADHD Can Be Influenced by Negative Response Bias but Are Unrelated to Performance on Executive Function and Attention Tests. PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY & LAW 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12207-022-09448-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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AbstractSelf-report questionnaires are in widespread use in the assessment of adults with suspected attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Notwithstanding the high degree of validity, these questionnaires are considered to possess, their stand-alone use in assessment for adult ADHD may result in false-positive diagnoses due to the risk of negative response bias. Most of the self-report questionnaires in typical use are based on the diagnostic systems DSM-5 or ICD-10. From a neuropsychological point of view, however, testing of various executive function abilities and attentional performance is important in the assessment of adult ADHD. The present study (N = 211) found no evidence linking executive function (working memory and inhibitory processes) and attentional performance (processing speed) to the results of a self-report questionnaire, the ADHS-LE. The number of failures on the three symptom or performance validity tests (SVT/PVT) used provided the sole, and significant, explanation for the response behavior reported on the ADHS-LE. Of these three SVT/PVTs (the German version of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology, SIMS, the reliable digit span, and the standard deviation of simple reaction time), only the SIMS was found to be a significant predictor variable. In the clinical context of this study, 32.6% of subjects produced at least one invalid SVT/PVT result. The use of a more conservative criterion—failure on at least two of the three SVT/PVTs deemed to be feigning ADHD—reduced the proportion of participants generating invalid values to 5%.
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Planton M, Lemesle B, Cousineau M, Carlier J, Milongo-Rigal E, Carle-Toulemonde G, Salles J, Pariente J. The role of neuropsychological assessment in adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2021; 177:341-348. [PMID: 33618892 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity. While ADHD was initially recognized as a childhood syndrome, scientific evidence accumulated to indicate that a significant proportion of ADHD children continue to experience symptoms of ADHD in adulthood. Moreover, the question of ADHD diagnosis can arise in adult patients who were not diagnosed in childhood. Currently, the diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood is based on the revised criteria described for children. However, their application for adults may be difficult for many reasons including compensation and comorbid disorders. To date, no clinical, neuropsychological, biological or imaging marker is available for the diagnosis of ADHD. Considering that ADHD is based on a neuropsychological model, in this article we will examine the usefulness of neuropsychological testing in the diagnosis in adults. We will first present diagnostic criteria of ADHD and the limits of their application in adults. We will then detail the neuropsychological data available in adult ADHD and the French and international clinical recommendations for neuropsychological assessment. Finally, we will explore the predictive value of neuropsychological scores in the diagnosis of ADHD and discuss key methodological points and perspectives for clinical research.
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- M Planton
- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR1214, UPS, Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
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- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France; Inserm UMR1214, UPS, Toulouse NeuroImaging Center, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Thorell L, Holst Y, Chistiansen H, Kooij J, Bijlenga D, Sjöwall D. Neuropsychological deficits in adults age 60 and above with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2020; 45:90-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2017] [Revised: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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AbstractObjective:Neuropsychological deficits are of major importance in ADHD, yet no previous studies have assessed clinically referred samples of older adults. The authors compared older adults with ADHD (60–75 years) with both younger adults with ADHD (18–45 years) and older healthy controls with regard to various neuropsychological deficits.Methods:Well-established tests were used to investigate working memory, inhibition, switching, planning, fluency, and speed of processing. Self-ratings of executive functioning and delay-related behaviors were also included. Both variable-oriented and person-oriented analyses were conducted.Results:Older adults with ADHD differed from controls with regard to working memory, inhibition, switching, and delay-related behaviors. In comparison to younger adults with ADHD, they performed at a similar level with regard to working memory and planning, but significantly better with regard to inhibition, switching, fluency, speed of processing, and delay aversion. Despite several significant group differences relative to controls, person-oriented analyses demonstrated that a majority of older adults with ADHD performed within the average range on each test and 20% showed no clear deficit within any neuropsychological domain.Conclusions:The results are in line with models of heterogeneity that have identified different neuropsychological subtypes in ADHD as well as a subgroup of patients without any clear neuropsychological deficits. For older adults with ADHD, it will be important to assess their functioning across time as normal aging is related to memory decline and these patients could therefore end up with severe deficits as they grow older, which in turn could have serious negative effects on daily life functioning.
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Marshall P, Hoelzle J, Nikolas M. Diagnosing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in young adults: A qualitative review of the utility of assessment measures and recommendations for improving the diagnostic process. Clin Neuropsychol 2019; 35:165-198. [PMID: 31791193 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1696409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Objective: Identify assessment measures that augment the clinical interview and improve the diagnostic accuracy of adult ADHD assessment.Method: The sometimes limited research literatures concerning the diagnostic efficacies of the clinical interview, standard and novel ADHD behavior rating scales, performance and symptom validity testing, and cognitive tests are critically reviewed.Results: Based on this qualitative review, both clinical interviews alone and ADHD behavior rating scales alone have adequate sensitivity but poor specificity in diagnosing ADHD. Response validity and symptom validity tests have reasonably good sensitivity and very good specificity in detecting invalid symptom presentation. Cognitive test batteries have inadequate sensitivity and specificity in identifying ADHD. Using cognitive tests in conjunction with behavior rating scales significantly improves the specificity of an assessment battery. Executive function behavior rating scales and functional impairment rating scales are unlikely to improve the diagnostic accuracy of ADHD assessment.Conclusions: Based on this review, key clinical interview questions, behavior rating scales, symptom validity tests, and cognitive tests that have promise to enhance current assessment practices are recommended. These are the authors' personal opinions, not consensus standards, or guidelines promulgated by any organization. These measures are incorporated in a practical, somewhat abbreviated, battery that has the potential to improve clinicians' ability to diagnose adult ADHD.
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- Paul Marshall
- Department of Psychiatry, Hennepin Healthcare Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Smith S, Crowley M, Ferrey A, Ramsey K, Wexler B, Leckman J, Sukhodolsky D. Effects of Integrated Brain, Body, and Social (IBBS) intervention on ERP measures of attentional control in children with ADHD. Psychiatry Res 2019; 278:248-257. [PMID: 31233935 PMCID: PMC6637759 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A primary goal of this study was to examine the impact of an Integrated Brain, Body, and Social (IBBS) intervention (multi-faceted treatment consisting of computerized cognitive training, physical exercise, and behavior management) on ERPs of attentional control (P3 & N2) in children with ADHD. The secondary goal was to test the differences between children with and without ADHD on ERP and Go/No-Go behavioral measures. A total of twenty-nine participants (M age = 7.14 years; 52% male; 41.4% white) recruited from the IBBS efficacy study comparing IBBS to Treatment-As-Usual (TAU) completed a Go/No-Go task before and after treatment as brain activity was recorded using EEG. Thirty-four matched healthy controls (HC) completed the same EEG procedures at a single time point. Following treatment, the Go P3 latency was significantly earlier for the IBBS group relative to the TAU group. No treatment effects were found on any behavioral measures. Prior to treatment, there was a significant difference between the ADHD group and HC group for the N2 difference wave. Children with ADHD also showed slower reaction times on behavioral measures. Although this pilot study did not reveal robust treatment effects, it suggests that IBBS may prevent the worsening of attentional systems in the brain and larger studies are needed for replication purposes.
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- Stephanie Smith
- Department of Psychology, University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA,Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,
USA,Corresponding Author: The University
of Southern Mississippi, Department of Psychology, 118 College Drive, #5025,
Hattiesburg, MS, 39406. . Telephone:
601-266-6256. Fax: 601-266-5580
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- Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,
USA
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences,
University of Oxford, Oxford, England
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- Department of Psychology, University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, USA
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- Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT,
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Barkley RA. Neuropsychological Testing is Not Useful in the Diagnosis of ADHD: Stop It (or Prove It)! ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1521/adhd.2019.27.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Russell A. Barkley
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Virginia Treatment Center for Children. He is triple board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN), Clinical Psychology (ABPP), and Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (ABC-CAP). His e-mail address is:
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Georges C, Hoffmann D, Schiltz C. Implicit and Explicit Number-Space Associations Differentially Relate to Interference Control in Young Adults With ADHD. Front Psychol 2018; 9:775. [PMID: 29881363 PMCID: PMC5976776 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Behavioral evidence for the link between numerical and spatial representations comes from the spatial-numerical association of response codes (SNARC) effect, consisting in faster reaction times to small/large numbers with the left/right hand respectively. The SNARC effect is, however, characterized by considerable intra- and inter-individual variability. It depends not only on the explicit or implicit nature of the numerical task, but also relates to interference control. To determine whether the prevalence of the latter relation in the elderly could be ascribed to younger individuals' ceiling performances on executive control tasks, we determined whether the SNARC effect related to Stroop and/or Flanker effects in 26 young adults with ADHD. We observed a divergent pattern of correlation depending on the type of numerical task used to assess the SNARC effect and the type of interference control measure involved in number-space associations. Namely, stronger number-space associations during parity judgments involving implicit magnitude processing related to weaker interference control in the Stroop but not Flanker task. Conversely, stronger number-space associations during explicit magnitude classifications tended to be associated with better interference control in the Flanker but not Stroop paradigm. The association of stronger parity and magnitude SNARC effects with weaker and better interference control respectively indicates that different mechanisms underlie these relations. Activation of the magnitude-associated spatial code is irrelevant and potentially interferes with parity judgments, but in contrast assists explicit magnitude classifications. Altogether, the present study confirms the contribution of interference control to number-space associations also in young adults. It suggests that magnitude-associated spatial codes in implicit and explicit tasks are monitored by different interference control mechanisms, thereby explaining task-related intra-individual differences in number-space associations.
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- Carrie Georges
- Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment, Research Unit Education, Culture, Cognition and Society, Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing, Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Institute of Cognitive Science and Assessment, Research Unit Education, Culture, Cognition and Society, Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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Wilens TE, Carrellas NW, Martelon M, Yule AM, Fried R, Anselmo R, McCabe SE. Neuropsychological functioning in college students who misuse prescription stimulants. Am J Addict 2018; 26:379-387. [PMID: 28494131 DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Relatively little is known about the neuropsychological profiles of college students who misuse prescription stimulant medications. METHODS Data presented are from college students aged 18-28 years who misused prescription stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and controls (no prescription stimulant misuse). Students were assessed neuropsychologically using the self-report Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF-A), the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test and Battery (CANTAB), and other tests of cognitive functioning. The analyses included 198 controls (age 20.7 ± 2.6 years) and 100 prescription stimulant misusers (age 20.7 ± 1.7 years). RESULTS On the BRIEF-A, misusers were more likely than controls to endorse greater dysfunction on 8 of 12 measures including Inhibition, Self Monitor, Initiation, Working Memory, and Plan/Organize, when adjusting for race and sex (all p's < .05). Similarly, when dichotomizing the BRIEF-A as abnormal (T score ≥ 65), misusers had more abnormalities on five of nine subscales, as well as all major indices (p's < .05). Misusers also performed worse on several subtests of the CANTAB and standardized cognitive battery (p's < .05). A proxy of prescription stimulant misuse frequency was positively correlated with greater executive dysfunction on the BRIEF-A. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate elevated risk for neuropsychological dysfunction among students who misuse prescription stimulants compared to non-misusing peers. The presence of ADHD contributed significantly to these cognitive findings. Students who misuse prescription stimulants should be screened for neuropsychological dysfunction. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE These data may better elucidate the neuropsychological profile of college-aged prescription stimulant misusers. (Am J Addict 2017;26:379-387).
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- Timothy E Wilens
- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Division of Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Soliman AM, Elfar RM. False Memory in Adults With ADHD: A Comparison Between Subtypes and Normal Controls. J Atten Disord 2017; 21:986-996. [PMID: 25416465 DOI: 10.1177/1087054714556814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the performance on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott task of adults divided into ADHD subtypes and compares their performance to that of healthy controls to examine whether adults with ADHD are more susceptible to the production of false memories under experimental conditions. METHOD A total of 128 adults with ADHD (50% females), classified into three Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV-TR) subtypes, were compared with 48 controls. RESULTS The results indicated that the ADHD participants recalled and recognized fewer studied words than the controls, the ADHD groups produced more false memories than the control group, no differences in either the false positives or the false negatives. The ADHD-combined (ADHD-CT) group recognized significantly more critical words than the control, ADHD-predominantly inattentive (ADHD-IA), and ADHD-predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI) groups. The ADHD groups recalled and recognized more false positives, were more confident in their false responses, and displayed more knowledge corruption than the controls. The ADHD-CT group recalled and recognized more false positives than the other ADHD groups. CONCLUSION The adults with ADHD have more false memories than the controls and that false memory formation varied with the ADHD subtypes.
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Preschool Neuropsychological Measures as Predictors of Later Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2017; 44:1455-1471. [PMID: 26936037 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-016-0140-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The present study examined preschool neuropsychological measures as predictors of school-age attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants included 168 children (91 males) who completed neuropsychological measures at ages 3 and 4, and who were evaluated for ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder at age 6. The Conners' Kiddie Continuous Performance Test (K-CPT), NEPSY Statue subtest, and a delay aversion task significantly distinguished at-risk children who later did and did not meet criteria for ADHD, with poor to fair overall predictive power, specificity, and sensitivity. However, only the K-CPT ADHD Confidence Index and battery added incremental predictive validity beyond early ADHD symptoms. This battery approach, which required impairment on at least 2 of the 3 significant measures, yielded fair overall predictive power, specificity, and sensitivity, and correctly classified 67 % of children. In addition, there was some support for the specificity hypothesis, with evidence that cool executive function measures (K-CPT and Statue subtest) tended to predict inattentive symptoms. These findings suggest that neuropsychological deficits are evident by preschool-age in children with ADHD, but neuropsychological tests may still misclassify approximately one-third of children if used alone. Thus, neuropsychological measures may be a useful component of early ADHD assessments, but should be used with caution and in combination with other assessment methods.
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Holst Y, Thorell LB. Neuropsychological Functioning in Adults With ADHD and Adults With Other Psychiatric Disorders. J Atten Disord 2017; 21:137-148. [PMID: 24134875 DOI: 10.1177/1087054713506264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate how well neuropsychological measures can discriminate between adults with ADHD and those with other psychiatric disorders. METHOD Adults with ADHD and a clinical control group ( n = 110) were included. Neuropsychological functioning was investigated using measures of inhibition, working memory, set shifting, planning, fluency, reaction-time variability, and delay aversion. RESULTS Adults with ADHD performed more poorly compared with clinical controls with regard to all constructs. The effects of verbal memory, inhibition, set shifting, fluency, and delay aversion remained significant when controlling for IQ. However, when controlling for basic cognitive functions, only the effects of inhibition, fluency, and delay aversion were significant. Sensitivity ranged between 64% and 75%, and specificity between 66% and 81%. CONCLUSION Neuropsychological tests have a relatively poor ability to discriminate between adults with ADHD and clinical controls, but they may be used to identify individuals at particularly high risk for poor daily functioning.
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- Ylva Holst
- 1 Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,2 Stockholm County Council, Sweden
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the pattern of neuropsychological profiles on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV) for adults With ADHD relative to randomly matched controls and to assess overall intellectual ability discrepancies of the Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) and the General Ability Index (GAI). METHOD In all, 116 adults With ADHD and 116 controls between 16 and 71 years were assessed. RESULTS Relative to controls, adults With ADHD show significant decrements in subtests with working memory and processing speed demands with moderate to large effect sizes and a higher GAI in comparison with the FSIQ. CONCLUSION This suggests first that deficits identified with previous WAIS versions are robust in adults With ADHD and remain deficient when assessed with the WAIS-IV; second that the WAIS-IV reliably differentiates between patients and controls; and third that a reduction of the FSIQ is most likely due to a decrement in working memory and processing speed abilities. The findings have essential implications for the diagnostic process.
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Dobson-Patterson R, O'Gorman JG, Chan RCK, Shum DHK. ADHD subtypes and neuropsychological performance in an adult sample. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2016; 55:55-63. [PMID: 27043366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The study investigated, with an adult sample, the hypothesis that differences between subtypes of ADHD on neuropsychological tests contribute to the poor separation of ADHD and healthy groups on tests of this kind. Groups of ADHD inattentive (n=16) and combined (n=16) subtypes were carefully identified using DSM-IV criteria, and their performance on 14 measures of attention, memory, and executive function (EF) was compared between subtypes and between the two subtypes combined and a group of healthy controls (n=30). Multivariate analyses showed statistically significant differences between the two subtypes, and between the two subtypes combined and the healthy controls. Importantly for the hypothesis, where differences for neuropsychological tests in terms of effect sizes between subtypes were largest, the differences in effect sizes between the two groups combined and controls were smallest (r=-0.64, 95% CI [-0.15, -0.87]).
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- Roberta Dobson-Patterson
- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
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Tantam D. Psychological Disorder in Adolescents and Adults with Asperger Syndrome. AUTISM : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1362361300004001004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The distress and disability caused by Asperger syndrome are a consequence of the core syndrome itself, and any neurological or physical disorders which may be associated with it. Distress and disability are also influenced, to a much greater degree than has previously been recognized, by the personal reactions of the sufferer and the social reactions of those around him or her. One important type of personal reaction is the development of a psychological disorder secondary to Asperger syndrome. There is growing evidence that these reactions are commoner and more severe than has been thought previously. They include affective disorders, anxiety-related disorders and conduct disorders. Their manifestations may be altered by the presence of Asperger syndrome. Treatment usually involves a combination of psycho- education, social change, psychotropic medication and counselling.
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Linden M, Weddigen J. [Minimal cerebral dysfunctions and ADHD in adulthood]. DER NERVENARZT 2016; 87:1175-1184. [PMID: 26820459 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-015-0063-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is of great importance not only in children but also in adults; however, despite extensive research there are still many unsolved questions with respect to the diagnosis. Patients not only suffer from attention deficits and hyperactivity but also a variety of other problems, such as dyspraxia, problems with stimulus discrimination, dysgrammatism, legasthenia, or motor coordination problems. Furthermore, there are also psychopathological disorders, such as problems with memory, formal thinking, emotional modulation, drive and vegetative stability, in the sense of a psycho-organic syndrome. Such syndromes have long been known in psychiatry under terms, such as complex capacity disorders, minimal cerebral dysfunction (MCD), minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), mild psycho-organic syndrome, psycho-organic axis syndrome, mild cognitive impairment, developmental disorder and developmental biological syndrome. Etiological data with respect to genetics and early childhood brain trauma support the notion of a psychobiological disorder for complex cerebral dysfunction in the sense of a psycho-organic syndrome. Depending on the individual life and work situation, these additional symptoms of ADHD are in many cases of greater relevance for life adjustment than the core symptoms, depending on the individual life and work situations. The concept of minimal cerebral dysfunction describes the ADHD problem better and has a direct bearing on the diagnosis, therapy and sociomedical care of the patients.
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- M Linden
- Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CBF, Hs II, E01, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Deutschland.
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- Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CBF, Hs II, E01, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Deutschland
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Fuermaier ABM, Tucha L, Evans BL, Koerts J, de Waard D, Brookhuis K, Aschenbrenner S, Thome J, Lange KW, Tucha O. Driving and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2015; 124:55-67. [PMID: 26419597 PMCID: PMC5281661 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-015-1465-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suffer from various impairments of cognitive, emotional and social functioning, which can have considerable consequences for many areas of daily living. One of those areas is driving a vehicle. Driving is an important activity of everyday life and requires an efficient interplay between multiple cognitive, perceptual, and motor skills. In the present study, a selective review of the literature on driving-related difficulties associated with ADHD is performed, seeking to answer whether individuals with ADHD show increased levels of unsafe driving behaviours, which cognitive (dys)functions of individuals with ADHD are related to driving difficulty, and whether pharmacological treatment significantly improves the driving behaviour of individuals with ADHD. The available research provides convincing evidence that individuals with ADHD have different and more adverse driving outcomes than individuals without the condition. However, it appears that not all individuals with ADHD are affected uniformly. Despite various cognitive functions being related with driving difficulties, these functions do not appear helpful in detecting high risk drivers with ADHD, nor in predicting driving outcomes in individuals with ADHD, since impairments in these functions are defining criteria for the diagnoses of ADHD (e.g., inattention and impulsivity). Pharmacological treatment of ADHD, in particular stimulant drug treatment, appears to be beneficial to the driving difficulties experienced by individuals with ADHD. However, additional research is needed, in particular further studies that address the numerous methodological weaknesses of many of the previous studies.
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- Anselm B M Fuermaier
- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Traffic and Environmental Psychology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Traffic and Environmental Psychology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Traffic and Environmental Psychology Group, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, SRH Clinic Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Fried R, Hirshfeld-Becker D, Petty C, Batchelder H, Biederman J. How Informative Is the CANTAB to Assess Executive Functioning in Children With ADHD? A Controlled Study. J Atten Disord 2015; 19:468-75. [PMID: 22923781 DOI: 10.1177/1087054712457038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The authors examined the utility of the computerized Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) to evaluate executive functioning deficits in children with ADHD. METHOD Participants were unmedicated children and adolescents with (n = 107) and without (n = 45) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) ADHD. The authors administered the CANTAB Eclipse battery, which comprises specific tasks shown to be deficient in individuals with ADHD. RESULTS With the exception of the affective go/no-go total omissions, ADHD participants were significantly more impaired on all other subtests of the CANTAB in comparison with controls. Effect sizes for individual CANTAB tests were largely in the medium range with the largest effect sizes seen in spatial working memory total and between errors. CONCLUSION These CANTAB results are highly congruent with those reported in studies using traditional neuropsychological testing batteries, supporting the utility of the CANTAB to assess neuropsychological deficits in children with ADHD in clinical and research settings.
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Burkey MD, Murray SM, Bangirana P, Familiar I, Opoka RO, Nakasujja N, Boivin M, Bass J. Executive function and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ugandan children with perinatal HIV exposure. Glob Ment Health (Camb) 2015; 2:e4. [PMID: 28596852 PMCID: PMC5269636 DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2015.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is among the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in childhood and is associated with substantial deficits in executive functioning and lost academic and occupational attainment. This study evaluates symptoms of ADHD and their association with neurocognitive deficits in a cohort of rural Ugandan children who were born to HIV-infected mothers. METHODS We assessed ADHD symptoms and executive function (including memory and attention) in a non-clinical sample of children born to HIV-infected mothers in rural eastern Uganda. Analyses included assessments of the psychometric properties, factor structure, and convergent and discriminant validity of the ADHD measure (ADHD-Rating Scale-IV); and executive function deficits in children meeting symptom criteria for ADHD. RESULTS 232 children [54% female; mean age 7.8 years (s.d. 2.0)] were assessed for ADHD and executive function deficits. The ADHD measure showed good internal consistency (α = 0.85.) Confirmatory factor analysis showed an acceptable fit for the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) two-factor model. Subjects meeting DSM-5 symptom criteria for ADHD had worse parent-rated executive function on six out of seven subscales. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate structural validity of the ADHD measure with this population, strong associations between ADHD symptom severity and poorer executive function, and higher levels of executive function problems in perinatally HIV-exposed Ugandan children with ADHD. These findings suggest that ADHD may be an important neurocognitive disorder associated with executive function problems among children in sub-Saharan African settings where perinatal HIV exposure is common.
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- M. D. Burkey
- Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mulago Hospital/Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Psychiatry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Mazor-Karsenty T, Parush S, Bonneh Y, Shalev L. Comparing the executive attention of adult females with ADHD to that of females with sensory modulation disorder (SMD) under aversive and non-aversive auditory conditions. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2015; 37:17-30. [PMID: 25460216 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Revised: 10/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Certain behavioral expressions of sensory modulation disorder (SMD) such as distractibility, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are often similar to those of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pediatric and adult populations. There is also a high comorbidity rate between these two diagnoses and absence of research regarding the objective neuropsychological differentiation between them. In the present study we employed a factorial design which enabled us to: (a) systematically examine the effects of SMD and ADHD on executive attention in a sample of adult females using a Stroop-like task, and (b) measure the effect of aversive conditions (sounds) on executive attention. The experimental measures used were the Stroop-like Location-Direction Task (SLDT) to assess executive attention and the battery of aversiveness to sounds (BAS), a standardized measure of aversive sounds that was developed for this study and enabled individual customization of aversive auditory sounds. Results revealed, as expected, a specific core deficit in executive attention for the ADHD factor. In addition to that, the present study provides an important, pioneering finding of SMD impairment in a unique combination of a cognitively demanding task with aversive sounds, providing preliminary objective evidence differentiating SMD from ADHD.
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- Tal Mazor-Karsenty
- School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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- School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Israel.
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- School of Education and School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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Harrison AG, Flaro L, Armstrong I. Rates of Effort Test Failure in Children With ADHD: An Exploratory Study. APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD 2014; 4:197-210. [DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2013.850581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Utility of cognitive neuropsychological assessment in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 6:241-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12402-014-0132-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Braun CMJ, Delisle J, Suffren S, Bolduc M. Atypical left–right balance of visuomotor awareness in adult ADHD (combined type) on a test of executive function. Laterality 2013; 18:385-406. [DOI: 10.1080/1357650x.2012.695796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Verbal fluency in adults diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 5:343-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s12402-013-0112-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Stern SK, Morris MK. Discrimination of ADHD and Reading Disability in Adults Using the D-KEFS. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 2012; 28:125-34. [DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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α₂- and β-adrenoceptors involvement in nortriptyline modulation of auditory sustained attention and impulsivity. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2012; 222:237-45. [PMID: 22271065 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2635-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 01/01/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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RATIONALE The catecholamine innervation of the prefrontal cortex controls attentional focus and inhibits inappropriate behavioral responses. The mechanism of action with which norepinephrine (NE) reuptake inhibitors modulate these cognitive functions has not been fully investigated. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effect of systemic administration of the NE reuptake blocker nortriptyline (NT) on attention and impulsivity using an auditory sustained attention task. The task was designed to assess impulsive behavior and the maintenance of attentional focus to an auditory stimulus presented at interresponse time durations (IRT) between 5 and 80 s. RESULTS NT (2.0 but not 3.0 mg/kg) improved sustained attention and decreased the percentage of premature responses without changing their latency. To better understand the adrenergic component of NT action, we tested the effect of noradrenergic receptor antagonists alone or together with NT. The α(2)-receptor antagonist yohimbine, the α(1)-receptor antagonist prazosin, or the β-receptor antagonist propranolol alone did not significantly affect attentive performance or premature responses. However, the beneficial effects of NT on sustained attention and premature responses were attenuated by pretreatment with either yohimbine or propranolol. On the contrary, prazosin did not affect the NT-mediated improvement in sustained attention. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that sustained attention displays an inverse U-shaped dependence on NT, mediated-at least in part-by α(2)- and β-adrenoceptors. We speculate that low doses of NT improve performance by maximizing the phasic release of NE, while higher doses of NT would elevate tonic levels of NE, thus producing suboptimal levels of phasically released NE.
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Thome J, Ehlis AC, Fallgatter AJ, Krauel K, Lange KW, Riederer P, Romanos M, Taurines R, Tucha O, Uzbekov M, Gerlach M. Biomarkers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A consensus report of the WFSBP task force on biological markers and the World Federation of ADHD. World J Biol Psychiatry 2012; 13:379-400. [PMID: 22834452 DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2012.690535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Psychiatric "nosology" is largely based on clinical phenomenology using convention-based diagnostic systems not necessarily reflecting neurobiological pathomechanisms. While progress has been made regarding its molecular biology and neuropathology, the phenotypic characterization of ADHD has not improved. Thus, validated biomarkers, more directly linked to the underlying pathology, could constitute an objective measure for the condition. METHOD The task force on biological markers of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and the World Federation of ADHD commissioned this paper to develop a consensus report on potential biomarkers of ADHD. The criteria for biomarker-candidate evaluation were: (1) sensitivity >80%, (2) specificity >80%, (3) the candidate is reliable, reproducible, inexpensive, non-invasive, easy to use, and (4) confirmed by at least two independent studies in peer-reviewed journals conducted by qualified investigators. RESULTS No reliable ADHD biomarker has been described to date, but some promising candidates (e.g., olfactory sensitivity, substantial echogenicity) exist. A problem in the development of ADHD markers is sample heterogeneity due to aetiological and phenotypic complexity and age-dependent co-morbidities. CONCLUSIONS Most likely, no single ADHD biomarker can be identified. However, the use of a combination of markers may help to reduce heterogeneity and to identify homogeneous subtypes of ADHD.
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- Johannes Thome
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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Roberts W, Fillmore MT, Milich R. Drinking to distraction: does alcohol increase attentional bias in adults with ADHD? Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2012; 20:107-17. [PMID: 22121850 PMCID: PMC3338153 DOI: 10.1037/a0026379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Previous research has shown that social drinkers continue to show attentional bias toward alcohol-related stimuli even after consuming a moderate dose of alcohol. In contrast, little is known about how alcohol acutely affects attentional bias in groups at risk to develop alcohol-related problems, such as adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such individuals may show increased attentional bias following alcohol relative to nonclinical controls. The present study tested this hypothesis by examining acute alcohol effects on attentional bias in 20 social drinkers with ADHD and 20 social drinkers with no history of ADHD. Participants performed a visual-probe task after receiving the following doses of alcohol: 0.64 g/kg, 0.32 g/kg, and 0.0 g/kg (placebo). Those in the ADHD group showed increased attentional bias under active alcohol doses, whereas attentional bias was similar across doses in the control group. Attentional bias predicted ad libitum alcohol consumption during a taste-rating session. This relation was observed only in the ADHD group. These findings indicate that an acute alcohol dose increases attentional bias in adults with ADHD. Further, attentional bias appears to be a predictor of ad libitum consumption in this group.
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Reilley SP. Empirically Informed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Evaluation With College Students. JOURNAL OF COLLEGE COUNSELING 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2005.tb00082.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Adams ZW, Roberts WM, Milich R, Fillmore MT. Does response variability predict distractibility among adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? Psychol Assess 2011; 23:427-36. [PMID: 21443365 DOI: 10.1037/a0022112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Increased intraindividual variability in response time (RTSD) has been observed reliably in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has often been used as a measure of inattention. RTSD is assumed to reflect attentional lapses and distractibility, though evidence for the validity of this connection is lacking. We assessed whether RTSD is an indicator of inattention by comparing RTSD on the stop-signal task (SST) with performance on the delayed oculomotor response (DOR) task, a measure of distractibility. Participants included 30 adults with ADHD and 28 controls. Participants completed the SST and the DOR task, which measured subjects' ability to maintain attention and avoid distraction by inhibiting reflexive saccades toward distractors. On the SST, the ADHD group was slower to inhibit than were controls, indicating poorer inhibitory control in ADHD. The ADHD group also displayed slower reaction times (RTs), greater RTSD, and more omission errors. On the DOR task, the ADHD group displayed more premature saccades (i.e., greater distractibility) than did controls. Greater variability in RT was associated with increased distraction on the DOR task, but only in ADHD participants. Results suggest that RTSD is linked to distractibility among adults with ADHD and support the use of RTSD as a valid measure of inattention in ADHD.
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- Zachary W Adams
- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0044, USA.
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Ivanchak N, Abner EL, Carr SA, Freeman SJ, Seybert A, Ranseen J, Jicha GA. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in childhood is associated with cognitive test profiles in the geriatric population but not with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease. J Aging Res 2011; 2011:729801. [PMID: 21822493 PMCID: PMC3142705 DOI: 10.4061/2011/729801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2011] [Revised: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The frequency of ADHD in the aging population and its relationship to late-life cognitive decline has not been studied previously. To address this gap in our understanding, the Wender-Utah ADHD Rating scale (WURS) was administered to 310 geriatric subjects with cognitive status ranging from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment to overt dementia. The frequency of WURS-positive ADHD in this sample was 4.4%. WURS scores were not related to cognitive diagnoses, but did show nonlinear associations with tasks requiring sustained attention. The frequency of ADHD appears stable across generations and does not appear to be associated with MCI or dementia diagnoses. The association of attentional processing deficits and WURS scores in geriatric subjects could suggest that such traits remain stable throughout life. Caution should be considered when interpreting cognitive test profiles in the aging population that exhibit signs and symptoms of ADHD, as attentional deficits may not necessarily imply the existence of an underlying neurodegenerative disease state.
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- N. Ivanchak
- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40509, USA
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- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
- Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Roberts W, Fillmore MT, Milich R. Separating automatic and intentional inhibitory mechanisms of attention in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 2011; 120:223-33. [PMID: 21058752 DOI: 10.1037/a0021408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Researchers in the cognitive sciences recognize a fundamental distinction between automatic and intentional mechanisms of inhibitory control. The use of eye-tracking tasks to assess selective attention has led to a better understanding of this distinction in specific populations, such as children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study examined automatic and intentional inhibitory control mechanisms in adults with ADHD using a saccadic interference task and a delayed ocular response task. Thirty adults with ADHD were evaluated against 27 comparison adults on measures of inhibitory control. The delayed ocular response task showed that adults with ADHD were less able than comparison adults to inhibit a reflexive saccade toward the sudden appearance of a stimulus in the periphery. However, saccadic interference task performance showed that the ADHD group did not differ significantly from the comparison group on a measure of automatic inhibitory control. These findings suggest a dissociation between automatic and intentional inhibitory deficits in adults with ADHD.
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- Walter Roberts
- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA
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In de Braek D, Dijkstra JB, Jolles J. Cognitive Complaints and Neuropsychological Functioning in Adults With and Without Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Referred for Multidisciplinary Assessment. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 18:127-35. [DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2011.570614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Demery JA, Larson MJ, Dixit NK, Bauer RM, Perlstein WM. Operating characteristics of executive functioning tests following traumatic brain injury. Clin Neuropsychol 2011; 24:1292-308. [PMID: 21069617 DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2010.528452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The primary purposes of this study were to determine if controls, and mild and moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients performed differently on a battery of executive functioning (EF) tests, and to identify the operating characteristics of EF tests in this population. Participants consisted of 46 brain-injured individuals and 24 healthy controls. All participants completed an extensive battery of EF tests. Results showed that mild TBI participants performed worse than controls on the Trail Making Test Part B, and that moderate/severe TBI participants consistently performed worse than either group on a variety of EF measures. Tests of EF exhibited a wide range of operating characteristics, suggesting that some EF tests are better than others in identifying TBI-related neurocognitive impairment. Predictive values were better for individuals with moderate/severe TBI than mild TBI. Overall, the Digit Span Backward Test showed the best positive predictive power in differentiating TBI. Our results provide useful data that may guide test selection in evaluating EF in patients with traumatic brain injury.
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- Jason A Demery
- Psychology Service, North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, 1601 S.W. Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA.
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Tucha L, Tucha O, Sontag TA, Stasik D, Laufkötter R, Lange KW. Differential effects of methylphenidate on problem solving in adults with ADHD. J Atten Disord 2011; 15:161-73. [PMID: 20484710 DOI: 10.1177/1087054709356391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Two studies were performed to assess both divergent and convergent thinking in adults with ADHD. METHOD The first study compared the problem-solving abilities of healthy participants (N = 144) and unmedicated adults with ADHD (N = 144). In the second study, problem-solving abilities of adults with diagnosed ADHD (N = 22) were examined twice, that is, on and off methylphenidate (MPH), and compared with the performance of a healthy control group (N = 22). Convergent thinking was measured using a Tower of London task, whereas divergent thinking was assessed using verbal fluency tasks. RESULTS Adults with ADHD off MPH displayed marked deficits of both divergent and convergent thinking. MPH treatment resulted in a marked improvement of convergent thinking, while no effect of medication was found regarding divergent thinking. CONCLUSION Pharmacological treatment of adults with ADHD revealed a differential effect of MPH on problem solving abilities.
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- Lara Tucha
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, 9712 TS Groningen, Netherlands.
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Desjardins C, Scherzer P, Braun CMJ, Godbout L, Poissant H. A verbal planning impairment in adult ADHD indexed by script generation tasks. J Atten Disord 2010; 14:220-31. [PMID: 19815699 DOI: 10.1177/1087054709347167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Though juvenile and adult ADHD cases are well known to have a nonverbal planning impairment, a verbal-planning impairment has been demonstrated only in juvenile ADHD. The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether a verbal planning impairment also characterizes adult ADHD. METHODS A cohort of 30 adult ADHD clients of a university psychological clinic are compared to 30 age-, education-, gender-, and IQ-matched persons recruited from the general population who did not have ADHD. The dependent measure is a set of 6 paper/pencil 10-item script generation tasks. RESULTS The findings reveal that the ADHD cohort was significantly impaired on the script task and the script task correlated significantly with severity of ADHD (CAARS index + WURS), whereas several neuropsychological measures of executive function (Stroop, COWA, Rey's Complex Figure, D2, CVLT, CPT-II) did not. Findings further showed that the script measure was weakly correlated with the other established neuropsychological measures of executive function (r < .46, shared variance of less than 21%). CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the study findings, it is concluded that verbal planning measured with script generation tasks is distinctly impaired in clinically referred adult ADHD.
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Are cognitive deficits in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder related to the course of the disorder? A prospective controlled follow-up study of grown up boys with persistent and remitting course. Psychiatry Res 2009; 170:177-82. [PMID: 19900713 PMCID: PMC2787767 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2008] [Revised: 09/12/2008] [Accepted: 09/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To investigate the longitudinal course of cognitive functions in boys with persistent and remittent attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from childhood into young adult years. Males (n=217) 15-31 years with and without ADHD were assessed at 3 time points over 10 years into young adulthood. Subjects were stratified into Remittent ADHD, and Persistent ADHD based on the course of ADHD. Cognitive domains included: 1) overall IQ (overall IQ, block design IQ, vocabulary IQ); 2) achievement scores in reading and math and measures of executive function (Wechsler arithmetic, digit span, digit symbol, Rey-Osterrieth, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, and the Stroop Test). Cognitive outcomes were modeled as a function of group (Controls, Remittent ADHD, and Persistent ADHD), age, group by age interaction, and any demographic confounders using linear growth-curve models. There were no significant interaction effects of group by time. Main group effects indicated that persistent and remittent ADHD groups both had significantly lower scores on all cognitive outcomes compared with controls, and these did not differ between the ADHD subgroups Psychometrically defined cognitive deficits are relatively stable into young adult years and appear to be independent of the course of ADHD. More work is needed to help define the implications of these deficits in individuals with a remitting course of ADHD.
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Bálint S, Czobor P, Komlósi S, Mészáros A, Simon V, Bitter I. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): gender- and age-related differences in neurocognition. Psychol Med 2009; 39:1337-1345. [PMID: 18713489 DOI: 10.1017/s0033291708004236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the growing recognition that the clinical symptom characteristics associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persist into adulthood in a high proportion of subjects, little is known about the persistence of neurocognitive deficits in ADHD. The objective was twofold: (1) to conduct a meta-analysis of neuropsychological studies to characterize attentional performance in subjects with adult ADHD by examining differences in ADHD versus normal control subjects; and (2) to investigate whether these differences vary as a function of age and gender. METHOD Twenty-five neuropsychological studies comparing subjects with adult ADHD and healthy controls were evaluated. Statistical effect size was determined to characterize the difference between ADHD and control subjects. Meta-regression analysis was applied to investigate whether the difference between ADHD and control subjects varied as a function of age and gender across studies. RESULTS Tests measuring focused and sustained attention yielded an effect size with medium to large magnitude whereas tests of simple attention resulted in a small to medium effect size in terms of poorer attention functioning of ADHD subjects versus controls. On some of the measures (e.g. Stroop interference), a lower level of attention functioning in the ADHD group versus the controls was associated with male gender. CONCLUSIONS Adult ADHD subjects display significantly poorer functioning versus healthy controls on complex but not on simple tasks of attention, and the degree of impairment varies with gender, with males displaying a higher level of impairment.
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- S Bálint
- Semmelweis University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Budapest, Balissa u.6, Hungary.
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Tcheremissine OV, Lieving LM. Once-daily medications for the pharmacological management of ADHD in adults. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2009; 5:367-79. [PMID: 19536322 PMCID: PMC2697545 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s4206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children and adolescents. Symptoms of ADHD often persist beyond childhood and present significant challenges to adults. Pharmacotherapy is a first-line treatment option for ADHD across all age groups. The current review's goals are (a) to critically examine the current state of knowledge regarding once-daily formulations of pharmacotherapies for treatment of adults with ADHD and (b) to provide clinicians with evidence-based information regarding the safety, efficacy and tolerability of once-daily medications for adult ADHD. The reviewed body of evidence strongly supports the use of pharmacotherapy as a first-line therapeutic option for the treatment of adults with ADHD. The once-daily pharmacological agents are effective therapeutic options for the treatment of adults with ADHD. In the US, based on the available evidence, once-daily medications are currently underutilized in adults with ADHD compared to pediatric population.
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- Oleg V Tcheremissine
- Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Health Center – Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Tucha L, Tucha O, Walitza S, Sontag TA, Laufkötter R, Linder M, Lange KW. Vigilance and sustained attention in children and adults with ADHD. J Atten Disord 2009; 12:410-21. [PMID: 18400983 DOI: 10.1177/1087054708315065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The present article tests the hypothesis of a sustained attention deficit in children and adults suffering from ADHD. METHOD Vigilance and sustained attention of 52 children with ADHD and 38 adults with ADHD were assessed using a computerized vigilance task. Furthermore, the attentional performance of healthy children (N = 52) and healthy adults (N = 38) was examined. RESULTS Children and adults with ADHD performed significantly less well in the vigilance task than healthy participants (main effect for group). Furthermore, children and adults showed a significant decrease of performance over time (time-on-task effects). However, there was no greater decrement of performance with the passage of time in patient groups than in control groups (group-by-time interaction). CONCLUSION The present results do not support the hypothesis of a sustained attention deficit in children and adults with ADHD.
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- Lara Tucha
- School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, UK
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Barry D, Bates ME, Labouvie E. FAS and CFL forms of verbal fluency differ in difficulty: a meta-analytic study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 15:97-106. [PMID: 18568601 DOI: 10.1080/09084280802083863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The Controlled Oral Word Association (COWA) Test is a brief and sensitive measure of executive cognitive dysfunction. There are two commonly used forms of the test, one using the letters F, A, and S, and the other using C, F, and L. This study examines the relative difficulty of the two forms using a meta-analytic approach that includes multiple samples of normal individuals. The effects of age, education, gender composition, exclusion criteria, and age of study are also examined. Results indicate that the CFL form of the test is more difficult and that age, education, and the use of strict exclusion criteria influence performance. Performance is more variable for the FAS form, and age and age of study influence performance variability.
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- Danielle Barry
- University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA.
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Biederman J, Petty CR, Doyle AE, Spencer T, Henderson CS, Marion B, Fried R, Faraone SV. Stability of executive function deficits in girls with ADHD: a prospective longitudinal followup study into adolescence. Dev Neuropsychol 2008; 33:44-61. [PMID: 18443969 DOI: 10.1080/87565640701729755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Neuropsychological deficits in the executive system are major sources of morbidity in individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We conducted a 5-year longitudinal study of girls with (N = 140) and without (N = 122) ADHD, aged 6-18 years at baseline. Neuropsychological functioning was assessed using standard neuropsychological testing assessing executive functions (EFs). Girls with ADHD were significantly more impaired than controls in all neuropsychological domains except set shifting. Despite variability in the stability of individual domains of EFs, the majority (79%) of girls with ADHD that met the categorical definition of executive function deficits (EFDs, defined as two or more EF tasks impaired) at baseline continued to have EFDs at the five-year followup. These findings document the stability of EFDs in girls with ADHD from childhood into adolescence.
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- Joseph Biederman
- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program of the Psychiatry Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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Youngwirth SD, Harvey EA, Gates EC, Hashim RL, Friedman-Weieneth JL. Neuropsychological Abilities of Preschool-Aged Children Who Display Hyperactivity and/or Oppositional-Defiant Behavior Problems. Child Neuropsychol 2007; 13:422-43. [PMID: 17805995 DOI: 10.1080/13825580601025890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This study focused on gaining a better understanding of the neuropsychological abilities of preschool-aged children who show elevated levels of hyperactivity and oppositional-defiance. It examined the performance of children aged 48 to 67 months on tests of attention/executive function, language, memory, and sensorimotor abilities, as measured by the NEPSY and Conners' K-CPT. Two hundred thirty-seven children were divided into four subgroups based on mothers' report of behavior using rating scales and a diagnostic interview: hyperactive only (HYP), oppositional-defiant only (OD), hyperactive and oppositional-defiant (HYP/OD), and nonproblem. Children in the HYP/OD group scored significantly worse than nonproblem children on four of nine subtests on the NEPSY, including one test of executive function, one test of language comprehension, and both tests of short-term verbal memory. However, only the test of executive function (Statue) showed significant predictive power, and, while specificity of this subtest was good, sensitivity was poor. On the K-CPT, a continuous performance test, children in both the HYP and HYP/OD groups performed worse than children in the OD and nonproblem groups. When the NEPSY Statue subtest and the K-CPT were used together, overall predictive power was .74. Results suggest that neuropsychological deficits can be observed among preschool children with hyperactivity, particularly when comorbid oppositional-defiance is present; however, moderate predictive power suggests that these tests should be used in conjunction with other methods of assessment.
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- Sara D Youngwirth
- School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Stefanatos GA, Baron IS. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a neuropsychological perspective towards DSM-V. Neuropsychol Rev 2007; 17:5-38. [PMID: 17318413 DOI: 10.1007/s11065-007-9020-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Neuropsychological methods and techniques have much to offer in the evaluation of the individual suspected as having Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). After a review of the historical evolution of the ADHD concept, incidence and prevalence, and DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis, especially as regards omission related to gender differences, and other associated cultural, familial, socioenvironmental, and subject influences, this paper describes a number of dilemmas and obstacles encountered in clinical practice. Included are the confounds associated with the wide range of possible comorbidities, the insufficiency of current DSM-IV criteria, the emergence of subtype differentiation and its impact on diagnosis and treatment. The complex relationship between neuropsychological constructs and ADHD, and obstacles to valid assessment are also addressed. The complexities associated with a thorough ADHD evaluation are viewed within an impressive and expansive existing scientific framework and recommendations are made for future directions.
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- Gerry A Stefanatos
- Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Korman Research Pavilion, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA.
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Biederman J, Petty CR, Fried R, Doyle AE, Spencer T, Seidman LJ, Gross L, Poetzl K, Faraone SV. Stability of executive function deficits into young adult years: a prospective longitudinal follow-up study of grown up males with ADHD. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2007; 116:129-36. [PMID: 17650275 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although individuals with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) commonly exhibit deficits in executive functions that greatly increase the morbidity of the disorder, all available information on the subject is cross sectional. METHOD Males (n = 85) 9-22 years with ADHD followed over 7 years into young adulthood were assessed on measures of sustained attention/vigilance, planning and organization, response inhibition, set shifting and categorization, selective attention and visual scanning, verbal and visual learning, and memory. A binary definition of executive function deficits (EFDs) was defined based on a subject manifesting at least two abnormal tests 1.5 standard deviations from controls. RESULTS The majority of subjects maintained EFDs over time (kappa: 0.41, P < 0.001; sensitivity: 55%, specificity: 85%, positive predictive value: 69%, and negative predictive value: 75%). CONCLUSION Considering the morbidity of EFDs, these findings stress the importance of their early recognition for prevention and early intervention strategies. EFDs are stable over time.
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- J Biederman
- Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Clark L, Blackwell AD, Aron AR, Turner DC, Dowson J, Robbins TW, Sahakian BJ. Association between response inhibition and working memory in adult ADHD: a link to right frontal cortex pathology? Biol Psychiatry 2007; 61:1395-401. [PMID: 17046725 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Revised: 05/08/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND We sought to assess the relationship between response inhibition and working memory in adult patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and neurosurgical patients with frontal lobe damage. METHODS The stop-signal reaction time (SSRT) test and a spatial working memory (SWM) task were administered to 20 adult patients with ADHD and a group of matched controls. The same tasks were administered to 21 patients with lesions to right frontal cortex and 19 patients with left frontal lesions. RESULTS The SSRT test, but not choice reaction time, was significantly associated with search errors on the SWM task in both the adult ADHD and right frontal patients. In the right frontal patients, impaired performance on both variables was correlated with the volume of damage to the inferior frontal gyrus. CONCLUSIONS Response inhibition and working memory impairments in ADHD may stem from a common pathologic process rather than being distinct deficits. Such pathology could relate to right frontal-cortex abnormalities in ADHD, consistent with prior reports, as well as with the demonstration here of a significant association between SSRT and SWM in right frontal patients.
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- Luke Clark
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Rommelse NNJ, Altink ME, de Sonneville LMJ, Buschgens CJM, Buitelaar J, Oosterlaan J, Sergeant JA. Are Motor Inhibition and Cognitive Flexibility Dead Ends in ADHD? JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2007; 35:957-67. [PMID: 17503173 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-007-9146-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2007] [Accepted: 04/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Executive dysfunction has been postulated as the core deficit in ADHD, although many deficits in lower order cognitive processes have also been identified. By obtaining an appropriate baseline of lower order cognitive functioning light may be shed on as to whether executive deficits result from problems in lower order and/or higher order cognitive processes. We examined motor inhibition and cognitive flexibility in relation to a baseline measure in 816 children from ADHD and control families. Multiple children in a family were tested in order to examine the familiality of the measures. No evidence was found for deficits in motor inhibition or cognitive flexibility in children with ADHD or their nonaffected siblings: Compared to their baseline speed and accuracy of responding, children with ADHD and their (non)affected siblings were not disproportionally slower or inaccurate when demands for motor inhibition or cognitive flexibility were added to the task. However, children with ADHD and their (non)affected siblings were overall less accurate than controls, which could not be attributed to differences in response speed. This suggests that inaccuracy of responding is characteristic of children having (a familial risk for) ADHD. Motor inhibition and cognitive flexibility as operationalized with mean reaction time were found to be familial. It is concluded that poorer performance on executive tasks in children with ADHD and their (non)affected siblings may result from deficiencies in lower order cognitive processes and not (only) from higher order cognitive processes/executive functions.
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- Nanda N J Rommelse
- Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Schweiger A, Abramovitch A, Doniger GM, Simon ES. A clinical construct validity study of a novel computerized battery for the diagnosis of ADHD in young adults. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2007; 29:100-11. [PMID: 17162726 DOI: 10.1080/13803390500519738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The cognitive profile of adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains understudied despite difficulty in diagnosis. Further, no battery of neuropsychological tests has been shown valid in adult ADHD. Continuous performance tests are widely used for ADHD but provide limited information on cognitive functioning in general. The present study evaluated the construct and discriminant validity of Mindstreams (NeuroTrax Corp., NY), a computerized battery assessing multiple cognitive domains. Twenty-nine young male adults with ADHD diagnosis completed a Mindstreams battery, including a multi-stage continuous performance ('Expanded Go-NoGo') test, and the Conners' CPT-II (Multi-Health Systems Inc., NY). Discriminant validity was assessed by comparisons with cognitively healthy controls of comparable age and education. Expanded Go-NoGo and corresponding CPT-II outcomes were significantly correlated in ADHD participants, and the Expanded Go-NoGo test exhibited excellent discriminant validity, with ADHD participants performing more poorly than controls. ADHD participants also performed more poorly on Stroop and Staged Information Processing Speed tests.
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- Avraham Schweiger
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Academic College of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
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