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A Morganstein

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PubMed1992

Psychometric differentiation of conduct disorder and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.

Using a retrospective chart review procedure, children diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH), conduct disorder (CD), and ADDH+CD, as defined by DSM-III, were compared on measures of cognitive and academic functioning as well as on a continuous performance test (CPT). The groups did not differ in age or IQ, but children in the ADDH and ADDH+CD groups missed significantly more target stimuli on the CPT and performed significantly poorer on measures of academic achievement than did the pure CD group. However, poor CPT performance was not accounted for by learning problems. These findings in clinically referred patient groups are consistent with dimensional and epidemiological studies that suggest that ADDH may be a cognitively based disorder, whereas CD children are characterized by behavioral symptoms with fewer cognitive and learning deficits.

Attention↗
PubMed1989

Cross-gender behavior and psychopathology in boy psychiatric outpatients.

One hundred 5- to 12-year-old boys referred for outpatient psychiatric evaluation were assessed for cross-gender behavior using the Child Behavior and Attitude Questionnaire (CBAQ) and the Child Game Participation Questionnaire (CGPQ), and for possible associated psychopathology using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and clinical psychiatric (DSM-III) diagnoses. On the two feminine scales of the CBAQ and CGPQ, 30 to 50% scored within defined clinical ranges. High feminine scale scorers did not have higher Total CBCL scores than lower feminine scale scorers, and scores on the feminine scales correlated minimally with scores on the CBCL broad and narrow-band behavior problem scales, except for a significant positive correlation with the Delinquent subscale. No particular clinical psychiatric diagnoses were significantly associated with high feminine scorers: however, high feminine behavior scorers tended to have more conduct problems and mixed adjustment disorders and less anxious and depressive psychopathology. Clinicians were not alert to the degree of cross-gender behavior found, perhaps due to the concomitant externalizing psychopathology and masculine behavior in these same patients.

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PubMed1989

Are ADDH and ADHD the same or different?

To assess the relationship between the DSM-III criteria for attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADDH) and the DSM-III-R criteria for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), children from an inner city parochial school were evaluated using a 30-item teacher questionnaire consisting of the DMS-III and DSM-III-R criteria for these disorders, the revised Conners Parent and Teacher Questionnaires, and a continuous performance test. Diagnostic groups were established based on teacher ratings of the DSM items and evaluated in relation to the rating scale data and continuous performance test. While children who were identified by teachers as having ADDH almost always satisfied the criteria for ADHD, a new group of children who were hyperactive and impulsive but less clearly inattentive also met the criteria for ADHD. Implications of the change in diagnostic criteria are discussed.

Attention↗