A Coocorrência entre Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade e Transtorno de Aprendizagem em Escolares

Abstract

Attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) deficit is a neuropsychiatric disorder of multifactorial etiology manifested in childhood, with higher prevalence among boys at school age. This study aims to review the scientific literature of the last decade on the co-occurrence between ADHD and learning disorders in students. National articles, all indexed in the database of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), published in the period 2003 to 2013 were searched. Between the period 2003 to 2007, articles 8 (47.06%) were found, and between 2008 to 2013, nine articles (52.94%). The most discussed topic was "other comorbidities associated with ADHD". The most prevalent methodological profile of the study was to review. The teacher was the most cited