Children with ADHD and Depression: A Multisource, Multimethod Assessment of Clinical, Social, and Academic Functioning
Abstract
Although ADHD and depression are common comorbidities in youth, few studies have examined this particular clinical presentation. To address method bias limitations of previous research, this study uses multiple informants to compare the academic, social, and clinical functioning of children with ADHD, children with ADHD and depression, and children without ADHD, all derived from a large community sample. High levels of comorbid depression are found in children with ADHD. Children withADHDand depression are more depressed and anxious than their non-depressed ADHDcounterparts but do not have more extreme levels of ADHD or aggression. The association between depression and ADHD does not appear to be epiphenomenal, that is, related to a shared association with anxiety or externalizing symptoms. Finally, children with ADHD and depression display more impairment in social and academic functioning compared to controls. Although social impairment is greater in children with ADHD and depression than in children with only ADHD, conduct problems are not.
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Clinical groups with childhood autism and depression have also been found to score high on the Hyperactivity and Attention Problems scales of the BASC.
“These two clinical groups have also been found to score high on the Hyperactivity and Attention Problems scales of the BASC”
From Relationships between neuropsychological measures of executive function and behavioral measures of ADHD symptoms and comorbid behavior (2006) · cites this paper as Blackman, Ostrander, & Herman, 2005
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- Authors
- Blackman, G. L., Ostrander, R., & Herman, K. C.
- Affiliations
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- ORCID
- Herman, Keith C.
- Venue
- Journal of Attention Disorders
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-05
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 195-207
- ISSN
- 1087-0547 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1246
- OpenAlex
- W2139993835
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 76
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- FWCI
- 3.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Attention Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Keywords
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, comorbidities, children, anxiety, social functioning, academic functioning, conduct problems, aggression, multiple informants, methodological bias, community sample
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Depression, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Social Behavior, Observer Variation, Prevalence, Logistic Models, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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