Validity of the Age-of-Onset Criterion for ADHD: A Report From the DSM-IV Field Trials
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPublished 1 September 1997
Brooks Applegate, Benjamin B. Lahey, Elizabeth L. Hart, Joseph Biederman, George W. Hynd, Russell A. Barkley
Citations384
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.00
SNIP2.88
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
Marked differences in the ages of onset of both symptoms and impairment for the three subtypes of ADHD support the validity of distinguishing among these subtypes in DSM-IV.
Abstract
These findings raise questions about the validity of the DSM-IV definition of age of onset of ADHD. Marked differences in the ages of onset of both symptoms and impairment for the three subtypes of ADHD support the validity of distinguishing among these subtypes in DSM-IV.
Keywords
PsychologyMedicine
Archives of General PsychiatryA Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)
3,652 Citations1983David Shaffer
The findings indicate that the CGAS can be a useful measure of overall severity of disturbance and is recommended to both clinicians and researchers as a complement to syndrome-specific scales.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryThe NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3): Description, Acceptability, Prevalence Rates, and Performance in the MECA Study
1,602 Citations1996David Shaffer, Prudence W. Fisher +10 more
The DISC-2 is a reliable and economical tool for assessing child psychopathology and the 2.3 version of the instrument provides a significant improvement over earlier versions.
American Journal of PsychiatryDSM-IV field trials for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents
942 Citations1994Benjamin B. Lahey, Brooks Applegate +8 more
The results support the decision to subdivide the heterogeneous category of DSM-III-R attention deficit hyperactivity disorder into three subtypes and the resulting DSM-IV definition appears to be somewhat less biased toward the symptom pattern typical of elementary school boys.
Comprehensive PsychiatryAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder adults: Comorbidities and adaptive impairments
699 Citations1996Kevin R. Murphy, Russell A. Barkley
The present study compared 172 adults diagnosed with ADHD with 30 adults referred to the same adult ADHD clinic who were not so diagnosed to suggest that ADHD in adults is associated with relatively specific risks for disruptive behavior disorders, school and job performance problems, and driving risks.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryAggregating Data from Multiple Informants in Child Psychiatry Epidemiological Research
558 Citations1992Héctor Bird, Madelyn S. Gould +1 more
The results obtained through statistical procedures designed to identify the "optimal" informant for specific symptomatic criteria and diagnoses do not seem to offer a clear-cut advantage over a simple combinatorial rule.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryComparison of Diagnostic Criteria for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a County-Wide Sample
557 Citations1996Mark L. Wolraich, Jane N. Hannah +3 more
DSM-IV criteria are likely to increase the prevalence of this disorder in comparison with DSM-III-R rates, but they may better characterize its heterogeneity, as well as identify five factors: opposition/defiance-conduct, inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity, anxiety/depression, and stealing-truancy.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPredictors of Persistence and Remission of ADHD into Adolescence: Results from a Four-Year Prospective Follow-up Study
516 Citations1996Joseph Biederman, Stephen V. Faraone +7 more
Familiality, adversity, and psychiatric comorbidity may be clinically useful predictors of which children with ADHD are at risk for a persistent disorder.
American Psychiatric Association eBooksDSM-IV sourcebook
444 Citations1994Thomas A. Widiger
Concerns in the diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders and psychotic disorders not otherwise classified and Cultural considerations in the classification of mental disorders in children and adolescents.
Journal of Abnormal Child PsychologyCombining discrepant diagnostic information from multiple sources: Are complex algorithms better than simple ones?
402 Citations1992John Piacentini, Patricia Cohen +1 more
This study provides theoretical and empirical evidence that simple information-combining schemes, those in which all information from all sources is weighted equally, will as a rule work as well as complex schemes and may even work better.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryCriterion Validity of the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3)
400 Citations1996Mary Schwab‐Stone, David Shaffer +10 more
Examination of the criterion validity of the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children showed moderate to good validity across a number of diagnoses, and suggested some specific diagnostic areas in which further revision of the DISC is warranted.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryWhich Boys Will Fare Worse? Early Predictors of the Onset of Conduct Disorder in a Six-Year Longitudinal Study
370 Citations1995Rolf Loeber, Stephanie M. Green +2 more
Physical fighting, although not a symptom of ODD, should be targeted in preventive interventions along with ODD symptoms, and low socioeconomic status of the parent, O DD, and parental substance abuse best predicted the onset of CD.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryEducational and Occupational Outcome of Hyperactive Boys Grown Up
333 Citations1997SALVATORE MANNUZZA, RACHEL G. KLEIN +3 more
The present study suggests that childhood ADHD predisposes to specific disadvantages and continues to affect important functional domains unrelated to current psychiatric diagnosis.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPsychopathology in the Parents of Children with Conduct Disorder and Hyperactivity
326 Citations1988Benjamin B. Lahey, John Piacentini +4 more
Findings that CD is linked to parental psychopathology but ADD/ H is not confirmed, when CD and ADD/H co-occur, however, there is markedly more aggression and illegal activity in both fathers and children.
Comprehensive PsychiatryA clinical and demographic profile of a sample of adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, residual state
306 Citations1990Walid O. Shekim, Robert F. Asarnow +3 more
The demographic and clinical profile of 56 adults, age 19 to 65 years, who present with adult ADHD and meet DSM-III-R criteria for the disorder were similar to those reported in the literature.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryDSM-IV Field Trials for the Disruptive Behavior Disorders: Symptom Utility Estimates
267 Citations1994Paul J. Frick, BENJAMIN B. LAHEY +11 more
The results supported the inclusion of more restricted definitions of "lying" and "truancy" to increase their association with a conduct disorder diagnosis and they supported the elimination of "swearing" in the oppositional defiant disorder criteria.
School Psychology ReviewTeacher Ratings of Academic Skills: The Development of the Academic Performance Rating Scale
231 Citations1991George J. DuPaul, Mark D. Rapport +1 more
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryImpairment in the Epidemiological Measurement of Childhood Psychopathology in the Community
223 Citations1990H.R. Bird, Thomas J. Yager +4 more
The desirability of incorporating a measure of impairment to the categorization of childhood psychopathology in the community is examined and the use of the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) for this purpose is recommended.
American Journal of PsychiatryDSM-IV field trials for oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder in children and adolescents
191 Citations1994Benjamin B. Lahey, Brooks Applegate +8 more
DSM-IV definitions of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder are somewhat better than DSM-III-R definitions in terms of internal consistency and test-retest agreement, and the validity of the DSM-IV definition of oppositionally defiant disorder is slightly better than that of DSM- III-R.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyCriterion validity of informants in the diagnosis of disruptive behavior disorders in children: A preliminary study.
153 Citations1994Elizabeth L. Hart, Benjamin B. Lahey +2 more
Preliminary support for the validity of multi-informant diagnostic assessment of ODD and CD in children, especially when the teacher is one of the informants is provided.
Journal of Child and Family StudiesDevelopmental sequences in the age of onset of disruptive child behaviors
148 Citations1992Rolf Loeber, Stephanie M. Green +3 more
Journal of Abnormal Child PsychologyAttention deficit disorder and age of onset of problem behaviors
74 Citations1992Rob McGee, Sheila Williams +1 more
Age of onset of behavior problems in a group of boys and girls identified with attention deficit disorder (ADD) at age 11 was examined, finding that nearly three-quarters of those with onset of problems before age 6 had one or more DSM-III disorders.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical PsychologyAn approach to psychotherapy change process research: Introduction to the special section.
70 Citations1996Leslie S. Greenberg, Frederick L. Newman
Educational and Psychological MeasurementAgreement among 2 × 2 Agreement Indices
10 Citations1984Anthony J. Conger, David G. Ward