Ap Psychology Research Paper

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH PAPER ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ROBERT HICKMAN PSYCHOLOGY 1010 SPRING TERM 2011 ELIZABETH GOSSET-SWANN MARCH 28, 2011

The research study of the accuracy of recall by adults of their childhood ADHD (1) was to study the effectiveness of a group of 176 Caucasian boys between the ages of six to twelve years old of middle socioeconomic status, who were referred to a no-cost psychiatric clinic by schools and parents for having behavior problems and were diagnosed with childhood ADHD. The subjects were later assessed as adults (2-5) and asked to recall their symptoms (probands). Their comparison…show more content…
Robins, Eli, MD, Guze, Samuel B., MD Establishment of Diagnostic Validity in Psychiatric Illness: Its Application to Schizophrenia. The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 126:983-987, January 1970. 9. Hesslinger, Bernd; Tebartz van Elst, Ludger; Mochan, Frank; Ebert, Dieter. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults: Early versus Late Onset in a Retrospective Study. Psychiatry Research, Vol. 119, No. 3:217-223, August 2003 10. Schaughency, Elizabeth, PhD; McGee, Rob, PhD; Raja, Shyamala Nada, MSC; Feehan, Michael, DIP CLPS; Silva, Phil A, PhD Self-Reported Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity at Ages 15 and 18 Years in the General Population Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 36 No. 2:173-184 11. Rohde, LA; Biederman, J; Zimmermann, H; Schmitz, M; Martins, S; Tramontina, S. Exploring ADHD age-of-onset criterion in Brazilian adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Vol. 9 No. 3:212-218, September 2000 12. McGough, James J, MD; Barkley, Russell A., PhD Diagnostic Controversies in Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 161:1948-1956, November