Bipolar disorder and ADHD: Clinical concerns.
During the past decade, a similar composite has emerged for both bipolar disorder and adult attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD). First, both conditions have a relatively high prevalence, a low case detection, a protracted illness course, a high rate of comorbidity, multifactorial ideology, substantial heritable liability, and tremendous burden of illness in economic cost as well as interpersonal and vocational maladjustments. What has also been interesting along with these reports is that there has been emerging scientific studies implicating common brain regions and neural circuits subserving essential features of both conditions.
University of Toronto, Canada.
Roger
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McIntyre
D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans