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    J Clin Psychiatry. 1981 Oct;42(10):389-94.

    Adult psychiatric diagnosis and symptoms compatible with the hyperactive child syndrome: a retrospective study.

    Abstract

    Characteristics of the hyperactive child syndrome have been described extensively. More recently, reports have indicated that manifestation of the hyperactive child syndrome may persist into adulthood, both as a continuation of childhood symptoms and as psychopathologic entities. This study evaluated 100 adult psychiatric inpatient Veterans for self-report of symptoms of childhood and adulthood hyperactivity, attentional deficit, and impulsivity. Psychotic and non-psychotic psychiatric patients reported a significantly higher incidence of childhood hyperactive syndrome symptoms than did age and sex matched controls. In both childhood and adulthood, character disorder patients reported the highest incidence of target symptoms.

    PMID:
    7287634
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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