Cited by 331Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBipolar Disorder and Treatment

New insights into the comorbidity between ADHD and major depression in adolescent and young adult females

BIEDERMAN, JOSEPH, BALL, SARAH W., MONUTEAUX, MICHAEL C., MICK, ERIC, SPENCER, THOMAS J., McCREARY, MICHELLE, COTE, MICHELLE, FARAONE, STEPHEN V.·2008·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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Objective The main aim of this study was to evaluate the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and major depression (MD) in adolescent and young adult females.Method Subjects were females with (n = 140) and without (n = 122) ADHD ascertained from pediatric and psychiatric settings. Subjects were followed prospectively for 5 years into adolescence and young adulthood and reassessed in multiple nonoverlapping domains including psychiatric, cognitive, interpersonal, family, and educational functioning.Results Females with ADHD had a 2.5 times higher risk for MD at adolescent follow-up compared with control females, adjusting for psychiatric comorbidity. MD in females with ADHD was associated with an earlier age at onset, greater than twice the duration, more severe depression-associated impairment, a higher rate of suicidality, and a greater likelihood of requiring psychiatric hospitalization than MD in control girls. Parental MD and proband mania were significant predictors of MD among females with ADHD, independently of other predictors.Conclusions MD emerging in the context of ADHD in females is an impairing and severe comorbidity worthy of further clinical and scientific considerations.

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Authors
BIEDERMAN, J., BALL, S. W., MONUTEAUX, M. C., MICK, E., SPENCER, T. J., McCREARY, M., COTE, M., & FARAONE, S. V.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
BIEDERMAN, JOSEPH
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-04
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
426-434
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2062790466
Cited by
331
References
43
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R03MH079954)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD036317, 5 R01 HD36317-07)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, major depressive disorder, comorbidities, adolescent girls, young adult women, age of onset, depression duration, suicidality, psychiatric hospitalization, parental depression, mania, functional disability
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hospitalization, Humans, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Pregnancy in Adolescence, Risk Factors, Social Environment, Suicide, Attempted, Comorbidity, Case-Control Studies, Age of Onset, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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