title: Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--diagnosis or normality?
abstract: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults evokes extreme responses within British psychiatrists, because its diagnostic validity and pharmacological treatments are heavily contested. We propose a model that accommodates apparently divergent evidence, and provides a clinical framework for clinicians and patients, allowing safe, responsible and ethically balanced clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Premal J. Shah, BSc, MB ChB, MD, MRCPsych, Royal Edinburgh Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh; Michael J. S. Morton, MA, MPhil, MB ChB, FRCPCH, FRCPsych, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Premal J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Michael J S
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012307:Risk Factors