Relationship between Age at Diagnosis of ADHD and ASD

Michelle M Yee; J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-5

Relationship between Age at Diagnosis of ADHD and ASD

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Oct;29(10):78. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-5.

Authors

Michelle M Yee¹, J Gordon Millichap¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Abstract

Investigators from the Division of Developmental Medicine and Clinical Research Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, studied the relationship between the timing of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and the age at ASD diagnosis.

Keywords: ADHD; Autism; DSM-5; DSM-IV-TR.