Attention Deficit Disorders

Early Versus Late Onset Attention Deficit Disorder

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Abstract

The validity of the age-of-onset criterion (AOC), with symptoms emerging before age 7, in the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder was evaluated by analysis of data from interviews with 9- to 16-year-olds from the Great Smoky Mountains Study, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Keywords:

Age-of-Onset CriterionAttention Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderComorbid Depression
  • Page/Article: 93-93
  • DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-14-12-8
  • Published on 1 Dec 2000
  • Peer Reviewed