Frances R Levin, John J Mariani, Martina Pavlicova, C Jean Choi, Cale Basaraba, Amy L Mahony, Daniel J Brooks, Christina A Brezing, Nasir Naqvi
{"title":"Extended-Release Mixed Amphetamine Salts for Comorbid Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Cannabis Use Disorder: A Pilot, Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Frances R Levin, John J Mariani, Martina Pavlicova, C Jean Choi, Cale Basaraba, Amy L Mahony, Daniel J Brooks, Christina A Brezing, Nasir Naqvi","doi":"10.1177/10870547241264675","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241264675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine if treatment of co-occurring adult ADHD and Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) with extended-release mixed amphetamine salts (MAS-ER) would be effective at improving ADHD symptoms and promoting abstinence.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A 12-week randomized, double-blind, two-arm pilot feasibility trial of adults with comorbid ADHD and CUD (<i>n</i> = 28) comparing MAS-ER (80 mg) to placebo. Main outcomes: ADHD: ≥30% symptom reduction, measured by the Adult ADHD Investigator Symptom Rating Scale (AISRS). CUD: Abstinence during last 2 observed weeks of maintenance phase.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, medication was well-tolerated. There was no significant difference in ADHD symptom reduction (MAS-ER: 83.3%; placebo: 71.4%; <i>p</i> = .65) or cannabis abstinence (MAS-ER: 15.4%; placebo: 0%; <i>p</i> = .27). MAS-ER group showed a significant decrease in weekly cannabis use days over time compared to placebo (<i>p</i> < .0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MAS-ER was generally well-tolerated. The small sample size precluded a determination of MAS-ER's superiority reducing ADHD symptoms or promoting abstinence. Notably, MAS-ER significantly reduced weekly days of use over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1467-1481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saliha Baykal, Cansu Çobanoğlu Osmanlı, Abdullah Bozkurt, Bedia Sultan Önal, Berkan Şahin, Müge Karaçizmeli, Ayşegül Öz Gazi, Koray Karabekiroğlu
{"title":"Continuation of Treatment in Children With ADHD: A Multicenter Turkish Sample Study.","authors":"Saliha Baykal, Cansu Çobanoğlu Osmanlı, Abdullah Bozkurt, Bedia Sultan Önal, Berkan Şahin, Müge Karaçizmeli, Ayşegül Öz Gazi, Koray Karabekiroğlu","doi":"10.1177/10870547231222021","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547231222021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate the variables that may affect treatment continuation in children aged 6 to 12 years who were newly diagnosed with ADHD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 132 children diagnosed with ADHD and their parents participated in the study. Sociodemographic and clinical risk factors affecting continuation of treatment were examined using logistic regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Multiple model examination revealed that greater age increased the risk of treatment discontinuation 1.824 times (<i>p</i> = .003) while a lower total length of paternal education increased the risk of discontinuation (1/0.835) 1.198 times (<i>p</i> = .022). Other variables emerging as significant in the univariate model lost that significance in the multiple model.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding the variables associated with medication discontinuation in ADHD in different populations and taking these variables into account in the development of health policies, will be useful in improving the long-term devastating effects of the disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1415-1424"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139642215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sampo Seppä, Sanna Huikari, Marko Korhonen, Tanja Nordström, Tuula Hurtig, Anu-Helmi Halt
{"title":"Associations of Symptoms of ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Adolescence With Occupational Outcomes and Incomes in Adulthood.","authors":"Sampo Seppä, Sanna Huikari, Marko Korhonen, Tanja Nordström, Tuula Hurtig, Anu-Helmi Halt","doi":"10.1177/10870547241259329","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241259329","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of ADHD and ODD symptoms in adolescence with occupational outcomes and incomes in adulthood within the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 (NFBC1986).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>ADHD symptoms were evaluated at ages 15 to 16 years using the Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD symptoms and Normal Behaviors (SWAN) scale. ODD symptoms were assessed using a 7-point scale, like the SWAN assessment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Symptoms of ADHD and ADHD + ODD were associated with elevated rates of unemployment, increased sick days, and lower annual incomes compared to controls for both sexes. Symptoms of ODD were associated with higher unemployment and more sick days for males, although these associations did not reach statistical significance in their association with annual incomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Symptoms of ADHD were associated with adverse occupational outcomes and lower incomes. Furthermore, symptoms of ODD were associated with occupational outcomes but not with incomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1392-1405"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292981/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141310763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meggy Hayotte, Prescilia Roubaud, Barbara Bersia, Véronique Nègre, Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville
{"title":"Associations Between ADHD Symptomatology, Motivation for Physical Activity, and Technology Acceptability in Young Adult Women With Obesity.","authors":"Meggy Hayotte, Prescilia Roubaud, Barbara Bersia, Véronique Nègre, Fabienne d'Arripe-Longueville","doi":"10.1177/10870547241253157","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241253157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined the relationships between ADHD symptomatology, the motivations for physical activity (PA) according to self-determination theory, and the acceptability of three PA promotion technologies (active video game, mobile application, and telehealth) according to the dimensions of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology-2 (UTAUT2).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 312 women, aged 30.7 ± 7.1 years, followed for obesity with an average body mass index of 34.5 ± 7.8 kg/m², were included in this sub-analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty-seven individuals (18.3%) were identified with positive screening symptoms of ADHD. No differences emerged regarding acceptability of technology-based PA. However, individuals with positive screening for ADHD tended to have higher scores for acceptability of active video game on the UTAUT2 dimensions of effort expectancy and hedonic motivation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggests that active video game may be more appropriate than other technologies for individuals with obesity and ADHD symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1406-1411"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140922362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uzma Siddiqui, Mitchell M Conover, Erica A Voss, David M Kern, Michelle Litvak, José Antunes
{"title":"Sex Differences in Diagnosis and Treatment Timing of Comorbid Depression/Anxiety and Disease Subtypes in Patients With ADHD: A Database Study.","authors":"Uzma Siddiqui, Mitchell M Conover, Erica A Voss, David M Kern, Michelle Litvak, José Antunes","doi":"10.1177/10870547241251738","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241251738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Our study examined the impact of sex, ADHD subtype, and comorbid illnesses (depression/anxiety) on the timing of diagnosis and treatment for ADHD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>To analyze ADHD patients, four health databases were used to assess subtype, comorbid mood, and antidepressant or anxiolytic drug exposure. Analyses were stratified by sex and age. Standardized mean differences measured intergroup differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Females with ADHD were identified at older ages and had higher rates of depression and anxiety diagnoses and treatments before and after their initial ADHD diagnosis. Predominantly inattentive ADHD patients were diagnosed later and more likely to receive mood disorder diagnosis and treatment than hyperactive impulsive ADHD patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results suggest a more complex ADHD presentation in females, potentially causing late diagnosis and delayed treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1347-1356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140956480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interactive Effects of Racism and Racial Centrality on ADHD Symptoms.","authors":"Kaylee Boyd, Maryam Ware, Yara Mekawi","doi":"10.1177/10870547241256453","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241256453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Although race-related stress is associated with numerous mental health outcomes, no previous research has examined associations with ADHD symptoms. We examine how such associations differ in Black Americans based on racial identity to allow for more nuanced understandings of racial discrimination's association with ADHD symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study asked a sample of Black Americans to answer questionnaires assessing race-related stress, ADHD symptoms, and racial centrality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In predicting ADHD symptoms, we found a positive effect of race-related stress and a negative effect of centrality. At low levels of centrality, the association between ADHD symptoms and race-related stress was stronger than at mean and high levels of centrality. Through additional sub-group analyses we found the interaction effect not replicating in one of our conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest experiences of race-related stress and racial identity are important factors for consideration in the treatment of ADHD symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1368-1377"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Diego Vera, René Freichel, Giorgia Michelini, Sandra K Loo, Agatha Lenartowicz
{"title":"A Network Approach to Understanding the Role of Executive Functioning and Alpha Oscillations in Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity Symptoms of ADHD.","authors":"Juan Diego Vera, René Freichel, Giorgia Michelini, Sandra K Loo, Agatha Lenartowicz","doi":"10.1177/10870547241253999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241253999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>ADHD is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. Impairments in executive functioning (EF) are central to models of ADHD, while alpha-band spectral power event-related decreases (ERD) have emerged as a putative electroencephalography (EEG) biomarker of EF in ADHD. Little is known about the roles of EF and alpha ERD and their interactions with symptoms of ADHD.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We estimated network models of ADHD symptoms and integrated alpha ERD measures into the symptom network.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EF emerges as a bridge network node connecting alpha ERD and the hyperactivity/impulsivity and inattention symptoms. We found that EF most closely relates to a subset of symptoms, namely the motoric symptoms, \"seat\" (difficulty staying seated), and \"runs\" (running or climbing excessively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>EF functions as a bridge node connecting alpha ERD and the ADHD symptom network. Motoric-type symptoms and EF deficits may constitute important nodes in the interplay between behavior/symptoms, cognition, and neurophysiological markers of ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1357-1367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11292971/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tessa N Botkin, Kelsey Wiggs, Heidi L Kipp, Rachel A Lindstrom, Heather M Joseph, David J Kolko, Sarah L Pedersen, Brooke S G Molina
{"title":"Highly Involved Parenting of Adolescents With ADHD: Examination of the Psychometric Properties of a Measure of \"Helicopter Parenting\".","authors":"Tessa N Botkin, Kelsey Wiggs, Heidi L Kipp, Rachel A Lindstrom, Heather M Joseph, David J Kolko, Sarah L Pedersen, Brooke S G Molina","doi":"10.1177/10870547241258879","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547241258879","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The concept of the \"helicopter parent\" was popularized in the 2000s and 2010s by Western culture, and it has recently begun to be examined by researchers to describe parental over-involvement and intrusive behavior that impedes transition into adulthood. Research has yet to investigate the viability of this construct for adolescents when parenting is needed to facilitate the development of autonomy. The present study examined the psychometric structure of a modified \"helicopter parenting\" measure adapted for use in a sample with increased likelihood of highly involved parenting: adolescents with ADHD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adolescents (<i>n</i> = 333; age 13-18 years; 25% female) and their parents (<i>n</i> = 341, 91% female) completed a survey for a study on provider training in stimulant diversion prevention in 2016 and 2017. We modified a previously validated measure of \"helicopter parenting\" for young adults. Other previously established parenting measures were included. We conducted principal component analysis for both informants' reports of the modified measure. We examined associations between the components and informants' demographic characteristics and parenting measures to begin to examine convergent and discriminant validity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two components were identified for adolescent and parent reports and labeled parental Intervention and Day-to-day Monitoring and Planning. These components were differentially associated with demographic characteristics and other measures of parenting. For example, across reporters, parents exhibited less Day-to-Day Monitoring and Planning for older adolescents. Racially/ethnically minoritized parents and male adolescents reported more Intervention parenting. Modest-sized statistically significant associations were found between these indicators of highly involved parenting and the other measures of parenting.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings provide initial evidence of construct validity. Future work with more heterogeneous samples should examine if this measure captures adaptive parenting, or behaviors that interfere with developing independence, for adolescents with ADHD and neurotypically developing adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1378-1391"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11620715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141300765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parental Report of Remission in ADHD: Results From a Community-Based, Nationally Representative Sample.","authors":"Lucy Barnard-Brak","doi":"10.1177/10870547231219005","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547231219005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Various studies have examined rates of remission in ADHD with mixed results.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Survival curve analyses were performed on a community-based sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of the current study appear to support the contemporary literature that rates of remission in ADHD are lower than have been found in many earlier studies. The current study also reports a mean age of remission in ADHD of around 14 years old, which has not been previously reported via survival curve analyses. Additionally, the results of the current study found several variables to be significantly associated with remission in ADHD which included: the presence of comorbid disorder; lower symptoms of ADHD; sex of the child (being female); and the receipt of behavioral treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Implications and limitations are discussed as related to these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1340-1344"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139080586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome in Mothers of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.","authors":"Yavuz Yılmaz, Ayla Uzun Cicek","doi":"10.1177/10870547231224089","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10870547231224089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) symptoms of mothers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The participants consisted of 223 mothers of children with ADHD, and data were collected using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders-Clinician Version (SCID-5-CV), the Stroop Test (ST), the Barkley Adult SCT Scale (CDS), and the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The participants were divided into four groups based on psychopathology: the group without any psychiatric disorder, the group with only ADHD, the group with a psychiatric disorder other than ADHD, and the group with another psychiatric disorder along with ADHD. The group with any psychiatric disorder along with ADHD had the highest CDS scores, while the group without any psychopathology had the lowest CDS scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CDS seems to be a construct associated with both ADHD and other internalizing disorders. Further studies are needed to shed more light on these relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":15237,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Attention Disorders","volume":" ","pages":"1267-1274"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}