title: Hypescheme: an operational criteria checklist and minimum data set for molecular genetic studies of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders.
abstract: Investigators engaged in mapping the genetic basis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) currently use a number of measures for the collection of clinical information. This gives rise to difficulties in comparing datasets and research communications between independent groups. This paper describes the development of Hypescheme, which is an operational criteria checklist for ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD), and is proposed as a minimum dataset for those engaged in molecular genetic studies of ADHD. Hypescheme consists of a computerised data checklist system that includes all the operational criteria required for both DSM-IV and ICD-10 diagnostic criteria and a systematic record of information about comorbid psychiatric, developmental, and neurological disorders. Using this data, an algorithm applies both DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria to generate operational diagnostics under both these systems. Hypescheme is not designed to replace current assessment protocols but to be a final common checklist that can be completed by experienced researchers using all available data.
authors.affiliation: Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre & Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asherson
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003625:Data Collection; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008967:Molecular Biology; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results