TY  - JOUR
TI  - Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders and Related Sociodemographic
Factors in Adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
AB  - Objective: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) disorder is a neuropsychiatric disorder that begins in
early stages of life and has a lifelong effect. Previous studies have found that 50-70% of children and adolescents
with ADHD have comorbid psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study is to identify comorbid psychiatric disorders
in adolescents with ADHD and to compare the sociodemographic characteristics of ADHD cases with and without
psychiatric comorbidity.
Method: This study was conducted with 105 adolescents with ADHD. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and
Schizophrenia for School-age Children-present and Lifetime-Turkish version was used to evaluate ADHD and
comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Results: The study was completed with 73 male and 32 female adolescents. The mean age of the participants was
13.75±1.45 years. It was determined that 41 cases (39%) had at least one comorbid psychiatric disorder. The most
common comorbid psychiatric disorders were conduct disorder (14.3%), specific learning disorder (8.6%), obsessive
compulsive disorder (3.8%) and elimination disorders (3.8%). While the prevalence of comorbid psychiatric
disorders was compared according to sociodemographic characteristics, it was found that the prevalence of
comobidity was significantly higher in adolescents with ADHD living in families with low socioeconomic levels.
Conclusion: The findings of current study showed that adolescents with ADHD had a high rate of comorbid
psychiatric disorders. We are opinion that presence of comorbid psychiatric disorder in ADHD will have negative
effects on both ADHD and comorbid psychiatric problems. Therefore, all adolescents with ADHD should be
evaluated for comorbid psychiatric disorders.
AU  - Dönmez, Yunus Emre
AU  - Karatoprak, Serdar
DO  - 10.4274/buchd.galenos.2021.72324
PY  - 2022
JO  - İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastanesi Dergisi
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SN  - 2146-2372
SP  - 37
EP  - 44
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/524727
ER  -