title: [Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults].
abstract: The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common diagnosis in child psychiatry, and persists very often in adulthood. These patients have poor lifestyles, especially in affective, work and social areas. Although patients with ADHD have a high rate of comorbidity (e.g. drug and alcohol abuse, depressive and anxiety disorders), this diagnosis is missed by the general physician, deferring its identification and opportune treatment. This article is a review about this disorder and gives tools for its recognition and derivation.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Campus Oriente, Universidad de Chile. ardasa@vtr.net
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roizblatt
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bustamante
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacigalupo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male