LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW UP OF ADHD GIRLS AND THEIR SIBLINGS
Project Number5R01MH050657-10
Contact PI/Project LeaderBIEDERMAN, JOSEPH
Awardee OrganizationMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
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Abstract Text
Perhaps the most consistently replicated fact about Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder is its greater prevalence among boys compared with
girls. Because of the relative scarcity of girls with ADHD, most of what
we known about the disorder is based on predominantly male samples. In
fact, all of the field's data about the course and outcome of ADHD relies
on studies of predominantly male samples. In fact, all of the field's data
about the course and outcome of ADHD relies on studies of predominantly,
or entirely, male samples. The sparse data that are available on girls
suggests that studies of girls are warranted because there may be gender
difference in the clinical expression of ADHD and, perhaps, its etiology.
To help fill this gap in research, we have been conducting an NIMH-funded,
family-genetic study of ADHD girls. At the completion of the current
funding period, we will have ascertained 140 ADHD girls and 120 control
girls along with their 264 and 402 first degree relatives, respectively.
We are now proposing a five-year follow up study to assess the outcome of
the girl probands and their siblings. At the follow-up assessment, we will
examine the outcome of our sample in three domains of functioning:
psychiatric, neuropsychological and psychosocial. Our intention is not
only to determine which ADHD girls do poorly and which do well in the
three domains of assessment. Our conceptual framework starts with the idea
that, for ADHD children, these domains are not redundant with one another.
Our multidimensional view of outcome eschews simple dichotomies such as
good and poor overall outcome. Instead, we seek to determine outcome in
multiple domains and to assess the validity of baseline data to predict
the ranges of outcome observed at follow-up. Our main aims are to assess:
1) the persistence and remission of ADHD over a five-year
neuropsychological functional and psychosocial disability and 4) the
course and outcome of high risk siblings of ADHD probands. Although prior
follow-up study of girls still has much to contribute regarding long-term
predictors of persistence, the validity of co-morbid conditions in ADHD
children, the validity of DSM-IV and the outcome of ADHD children and
their siblings in multiple domains.
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Project Terms
academic achievement adolescence (12-20) aggression antisocial personality anxiety disorders attention deficit disorder behavioral /social science research tag child (0-11) child behavior disorders disease /disorder proneness /risk family genetics family structure /dynamics female gender difference human subject interview longitudinal human study major depression neuropsychological tests neuropsychology outcomes research psychological tests siblings sign /symptom social psychology
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