Citation

Park S, Cho MJ, Chang SM, Jeon HJ, Cho SJ, Kim BS, Bae JN, Wang HR, Ahn JH, Hong JP. Psychiatry Res. 2011; 186(2-3): 378-383.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.047

PMID

20724004

Abstract

We examined the prevalence, correlates, and comorbidities of adult attention-deficit hypersensitivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in a Korean community using data from the National Epidemiological Survey of Psychiatric Disorders in Korea conducted in 2006. A total of 6081 subjects aged 18 to 59 years participated in this study. Diagnostic assessments were based on the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener and Composite International Diagnostic Interview administered by lay interviewers. The frequencies of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) disorders, sleep disturbances, and suicidal tendency were compared in the ADHD and non-ADHD groups. Odds ratios and significance levels were calculated. The 6 month prevalence of adult ADHD symptoms was 1.1%. Associations between ADHD symptoms and alcohol abuse/dependence, nicotine dependence, mood disorders, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, somatoform disorder, sleep disturbances, and suicidality were overwhelmingly positive and significant (P<0.05), after controlling for gender and age. Adult ADHD symptoms are highly associated with substance abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, sleep disturbances and suicidality, suggesting that clinicians should carefully evaluate and treat such psychiatric disorders in adults with ADHD symptoms.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Adolescent; Suicide; Age Factors; Young Adult; Odds Ratio; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Comorbidity; Prevalence; Self Report; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Republic of Korea; Catchment Area, Health; Mental Disorders; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity