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Neuropsychological assessment of adult patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience ·Vol. 257 ·No. 2 ·2007-03-00 ·Pages 112-9

Müller BW, Gimbel K, Keller-Pliessnig A, Sartory G, Gastpar M, Davids E

Abstract

Adults with persistent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may show cognitive deficits as compared to healthy control subjects. The aim of this study was to compare a sample of adult outpatients with ADHD on medication to healthy controls on a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment battery. Thirty adults with ADHD under stable psychopharmacological treatment and 27 healthy controls matched for age, gender, and IQ were assessed with ten tests measuring performance with regard to attention, memory, executive function, and fine motor control. Lower performance in patients as compared to controls was found in tests of verbal and visual memory, speed of visuo-motor search, set shifting, and divided attention. Indicators of response inhibition and simple response speed were less affected. Adults with ADHD show indicators of lowered cognitive performance under medication. These are related more to memory and attention under high mental load than to response inhibition or simple attention or motor performance.

MeSH Terms
Adult Attention/physiology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/physiopathology,psychology Case-Control Studies Female Humans Inhibition, Psychological Male Memory/physiology Neuropsychological Tests Problem Solving Psychomotor Performance/physiology
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Müller Bernhard W
Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, 45147 Essen, Germany. [email protected]
Gimbel Karla
Keller-Pliessnig Anett
Sartory Gudrun
Gastpar Markus
Davids Eugen
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Article Info
Journal
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
Abbr.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
ISSN
0940-1334
DOI
10.1007/s00406-006-0688-9
Email
[email protected]
Published
2007-03-00
Epub
2007-00-02
Pages
112-9
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
9103030
Subset
IM
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