Review about comorbidities of behavioural disorders in children and adolescents: The focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
- Authors: Gallai B.; Valentini V.; Barbanera F.; Marotta R.; Lavano F.; Lavano S.M.; Maltese A.; Tripi G.; Romano P.; Salerno M.
- Publication year: 2017
- Type: Articolo in rivista
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/361402
Abstract
Disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) present high comorbidity rate mainly for opposite-defiant disorders that are frequent among children, adolescents and adults affected by with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), probably as result of common temperamental risk factors such as attention, distraction, impulsivity. ADHD tend to manifest in about 50% of individuals diagnosed as disruptive behavioral disorders.