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P-855 - Co-occurance of Attention Deficte Hyperactivity Disorder With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Ghanizadeh
A. Ghanizadeh*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

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Background

While DSM-IV diagnostic criteria exclude autism for making autism diagnosis; there are some reports about their co-occurrence.

Methods

A clinical sample of children with pervasive developmental disorder was screened for ADHD according to DSM-IV criteria.

Results

About 40% of them were with ADHD-combined type. The rates of other types of ADHD were lower than the rate of combined type.

Conclusion

There is a very high rate of ADHD in children and adolescents with autism.

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Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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