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Evolution Section

Ok, after looking taking some time to think about the subject, and finding (and translating) the full text of the Cardo paper (which had conclusions similar to the Taylor & Williams paper), I decided to rewrite some portions of the evolution section to clarify the findings. Specifically to clarify two aspects mentioned in both papers:

1. The hypothesis that some individual traits associated with ADHD may have been beneficial, but when these traits combine as seen in ADHD, it becomes detrimental, producing "maladaptive spandrels" (the term was mentioned in the Taylor & Williams paper, but it appears that they may have been quoting the term from yet another paper).

2. The hypothesis that society as a whole may benefit from having a small number of individuals engaging in unpredictable or impulsive behavior, even though this behavior may be detrimental to the individuals themselves.

Both of these hypotheses are mentioned in both the Williams & Taylor paper and the Cardo paper. Point #1 had previously lacked the important qualifier regarding the difference between individual traits vs ADHD in terms of advantages and disadvantages (and hopefully the "maladaptive spandrel" term makes the concept clearer), and point #2 had previously been mentioned but failed to distinguish between benefit to society vs detriment to individual, which is a major point of both papers.

I also removed the Hartmann reference completely. It was fringe. The one argument in favor of retaining it was that a lot of people have read the popular book, perhaps. On the other hand, a PubMed search for "ADHD Hunter Gatherer" returned exactly two articles, one was a 20 year old paper on "neuroethics", and the other was a nutritional article that claimed that changes in diet from hunter-gatherer days were the cause of ADHD, autism, and 80% all reproductive hazards. Not exactly a wealth of information to support the hypothesis. Without any published information outside of Hartmann's own book, the hypothesis can probably be considered not only fringe, but also potentially non-notable. The actual papers on the evolution of ADHD made no reference to Hartmann and did not support his hypothesis at all except for containing the words "evolution" and "ADHD".

I have left the fringe tag as it stands only because I do not know for certain that Hartmann was the sole reason for placing the tag. I'm also not sure what to do with the studies mentioned that examined the DRD4 gene: on the one hand, the gene is linked to ADHD by a large number of reputable sources and this link appears to be widely accepted, but on the other hand it is not clear that the studies themselves were looking at ADHD specifically, or how explain more clearly how they fit into the picture.Hyperion35 (talk) 18:13, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Hunter-farmer theory is not WP:FRINGE; see this link for notability in academic books, over 1,000 results. If it is FRINGE then by the definition of WP:FRINGE, the majority of those academic books should 'rubbish' or debunk the hunter-farmer term, which they do not, they actually 'support it' and just use the term as a simplification of natural selection of one line of evolution research. Sure hunter-gather or hunter-farmer is not a scientific term and thus you would not expect to see it in hard science research papers but academics will and do widely use hunter/farmer in academic books geared towards the public and even parts of the scientific community. As in the above section, I do not dispute that ADHD is detrimental in many respects for the risk taking ADHDer; by definition having risk taking traits involves hazards and risks and I do not dispute this.--MrADHD | T@1k? 01:17, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Ok, but if it's a hypothesis that has never been formally published in peer-review literature, if it's a hypothesis that is barely even discussed in the peer-reviewed published research, then it would still resemble pseudoscience. There are faux-academic creationist books out there as well. I think the question is what quality of evidence exists to support the hypoothesis compared to the rest of this page, where most of the statements are backed by comprehensive reviews and published statements from major medical societies. The other question is how widely is this hypothesis accepted within the field. I'll also note that many of those books in the search that you listed have titles like "ADHD Drug-Free: Natural Alternatives" and "Nature's Ritalin for the Marathon Mind". So, ah, when I ask how well-accepted it is within the community, I mean the legitimate research community and not the so-called "alternative medicine" community, because some of those books do actually sound rather fringe (no, seriously, consider titles advocating drug-free treatment in the context that medication is suggested as a necessary treatment component by NIH, NHS, APA, AMA, AAP, AACAP, and many other professional medical societies, so that rigjt there should be an indication that if the advocates for the hypothesis are publishing books that flat out contradict the statements made by the major medical societies, that is possibly a clue that they might be fringe).
But my main point is this: if the hunter-gatherer hypothesis does not have anything near the level of published, peer-reviewed literature as the other parts of this page, and if the bypothesis itself has never been formally published, how on exactly are we supposed to weigh it against the massove amount of published evidence used for every other claim and assign it due weight? How are we to evaluate its acceptance by the scientific community when there is no pu lished evidence that it is accepted. There is no published research. At all. It is a pop-sci idea, but that doesn't make it scientific. I get that you like Hartmann's hypothesis, but I would like to hold it to the same standard of evidence of everything else on this page. Go put it up on the Controversies page since evidence, undue weight, NPOV, and reputable sourcing apparently dln't apply there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyperion35 (talkcontribs) 03:41, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Yes, you will get some alternative type books indexed by google books; you would likely also get some alternative books in search results if you included ADHD and Ritalin or any other number of possible searches. Google indexes a range of books from alternative books through to hard neuroscience type books. I am okay with the hunter-gatherer hypothesis being excluded from being discussed in this article although I feel a 'see also' link should remain. I actually prefer the hard science over the hunter-gatherer hypothesis/explanation as I can understand it; I don't write for my own benefit though but for readers of the article. As I stated above, the hunter-gatherer is aimed at children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD as a simplification and explaination of natural selection/evolutionary concepts in relation to ADHD as well as to make it easier for them to accept having a 'label' or 'disorder'. How do you feel about agreeing to exclude the hunter-gatherer hypothesis from this article but leaving a see also link for the small number of readers who may want to read about it?--MrADHD | T@1k? 16:40, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Diet and ADHD

A new review Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:12, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Signs and Symptoms section

This section could be worded better.

The bulleted lists of symptoms are a bit awkward, because they don't phrase the symptoms as nouns. For example, currently it says things like:

"Symptoms may include ..." "... Talk nonstop"

It would be better if it was phrased like this:

"Symptoms may include ..." "... Nonstop talking"

Actually, though, the lists of symptoms seem overly specific anyway, referencing things like "seats" and "story time." It might be better if the symptoms were described in more general terms, rather than school-specific ones like these.

Also, in that section, the following sentence is, for lack of a better word, a mess:

"Other symptoms that ADHD include problems for effected people with social skills and ADHD people also tend to have poorer handwriting compared to their peers.[32]"

--Juggler37 (talk) 05:23, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

PerfectEdit (talk) 02:46, 27 September 2012 (UTC) Not to be contrary but ADHD is a neurological condition, which can be comorbid with some psychological/psychiatric conditions. Not all individuals with ADHD have behavioural problems. ADHD individuals have issues with low adrenaline which forces their sympathetic nervous system to kick in, and fill the need, however it's use is only ever meant to be temporary and it's chemical regulation becomes impaired, so those with ADHD may seem to be on the go a lot of the time and the bodies prolonged use of this system can cause adrenal fatigue seen as lethargy. Also some individuals have issues with working memory which can further cause problems especially in the absence of executive functioning skills. It should be noted that ADHD has no bearing on IQ, but a clear impact for some individuals to demonstrate their intellect using common marking tools i.e providing written work, mainly due to issues with time management, lethargy and EF skill application.

Article needs non-fringe alternative treatments section

http://www.logan.edu/mm/files/LRC/Senior-Research/2009-Aug-02.pdf

Is one simple survey of non-drug treatments summarizing some results. Among them biofeedback, exercise, and DHA levels in diet. Other summaries and research exist as well, obviously.

As well, the view that the disorder is in the methods of adults, and not in the constitution of the people affected, might also be included. The word "focus" is also often used in literature but tends to be undefined. The alternate view suggests that in children, their needs are not being met by reason of the assembly-line regimentation of school, and such phenomena as the failure of caregivers to self-label as "boring," tending to project social mis-match solely as problem of the children. Mydogtrouble (talk) 14:40, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Agree with the need for this section! And by the way, and I know it's off topic, but in the child psychiatric region where I work, they are about to start a research project with biofeedback. Preliminary results are that it works just as well as meds, without the side effects. Lova Falk talk 17:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)
Additional treatment (that is, in addition to drugs, or with drugs, or without), rather than alternative, might be more useful. I've seen too much "alternative treatment" that begins with denial and goes downhill from there. I did fine with exercise (running, primarily) for a decade or two, but twenty miles a day was hard to maintain. What would have been, looking back, most useful would have been proper diagnosis and then social skills training. htom (talk) 20:30, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Positive traits

Something that has bothered me for a long time is the pure negative tone about ADHD people on this article. There are lots of positive traits to ADHD (and lots of reliable sources to source such facts). This article focuses completely on ADHD being a negative pathology and something of a disease and demonises ADHD people unfairly. I think that there should be a section discussing positive aspects of ADHD. Given that ADD is a controversial topic, where views and opinions differ, I thought I would ask here for people's thoughts first?--MrADHD | T@1k? 01:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

The article mentions the disadvantages of ADHD because they are many and significant, including high rates of teenage pregnancy, road accidents, lower life expectancy, lower educational attainment and poverty. Most people with ADHD have other mental disorders. The rates of substance abuse and addiction are very high, as are the incidence of personality disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, (leading to high rates of criminal convictions and imprisonment), mood disorders and anxiety disorders. If you can find reliable sources that state there are advantages, add this to to the article. There are some celebrities with ADHD for whom their condition helps them in that it contibutes to their prominent, energetic, fast-talking, lively personality. Jim Carrey, Will Smith and Russell Brand are examples of this, hence there are advantages for some ADHD people, although it seems to be unusual for the advantages to outweigh the disadvantages. 188.29.143.100 (talk) 11:10, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
If you can dig up recent secondary sources I would have no problem with including this. I have read similar comments regarding Autism. Some see it as a different way of being rather than a disease/disorder. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 11:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
I believe that you have somewhat misinterpreted my post anon 188.29.x.x. I was not complaining about the fact that there are large number of disadvantages to ADHD mentioned in the article. I largely agree with all of what you have written regarding ADHD being associated with a range of disadvantages. My issue is that there should be a section for some positive attributes to be described. It is the looking at ADHD from the point of view that there is nothing positive about it in any form that I think is not right. I have found a couple of sources, e.g. [1] and [2] but will look out more and hopefully in a few days or so get something written up and see what people think.--MrADHD | T@1k? 22:19, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Not sure there are many advantages to autism, in the wild; in society maybe mild forms of autism their ability to excel to a very very high degree in specific area(s), eg Bill Gates with his development of microsoft is an advantage. I suppose autistics are much less prone to substance abuse and other forms of antisocial behaviour than ADHDers though and that is a good thing. Autism (other than mild forms of it), is a more serious disorder than ADD spectrum I believe.--MrADHD | T@1k? 22:43, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
We have sites that state "We are not people with a defective NT (neuro-typical) operating system, we are people with a different (autistic) but intact operating system. Our "way of being in the world" is different" [3] I have not looked into this in detail however. --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 15:33, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Some info should be added to the article about the advantages ADHD can bring for some people who have the condition. Of course, the advantages are far fewer than the disadvantages. Most ADHD people have comorbid conditions, which are very often a bigger problem than ADHD itself. ADHD can give someone a lively, extrovert personality, as is the case with Zooey Deschanel. It would be useful if we could establish whether there is a link to creativity, in the way that there is for bipolar disorder. 109.249.97.65 (talk) 11:32, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Yes Doc, but those are written largely by people who are on the autistic spectrum; if autism had benefits it would be more prevalent (it is less than 1 percent of population), whereas natural selection has favoured ADHD with it occurring in 5-8 percent of the population. The refs are not reliable sources either hehe. :-P
109.249.x.x I think the level of comorbid conditions with ADHD are exagerated in part because only the more severely behaviourally disturbed tend to get referred for treatment as patients for studies are recruited out of psychiatric or pediatric facilities; in the wild (general population outside of psychiatry/pediatic patients), I doubt very much that 20 percent of random ADHDers out there in the general public have conduct disorder (are mini psychopaths); of those referred to psychiatry or pediatrics or criminal justice/courts, sure that figure is probably accurate. A lot of co-morbid conditions may also be connected to substance abuse rather than naturally occurring but I am not in denial that there is an elevation comorbid conditions with ADHD. I am just looking at the evidence (research) in context. But this is just my perspective. We are being kind of bad here and kind of sort of violating WP:TALK by talking about the subject rather than the article content. Lol. :-P I don't mind though.--MrADHD | T@1k? 02:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
I can't agree more with the original poster here. I have ADHD and to me I do not feel that there is anything wrong with me. I am not good at following directions and paying attention -- I tune in and out. Do I feel like that is a problem or a developmental disorder that I wish I could correct? No, not at all -- it's my way of life. When I tune in and out I am not saying to myself: "why can't you just pay attention?" What is happening is that while I am paying attention, a myriad of other very exciting and interesting ideas pop into my consciousness and I would rather pay attention to them before I continue on following directions. When it comes down to it, society does not evolve on an individual basis. There is no ideal way of thinking, to have or not have ADHD/autism/etc. All of these ways of thinking are important in society. If nobody had ADHD and we all thought in a purely deterministic way that followed continuity, many of the great people that exist today in society and their great ideas that they would only be able to come up with by thinking in a DIFFERENT way than everyone else, would not be here today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.128.208.251 (talk) 18:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

I'm curious why ADHD has completely co-opted ADD in this article and elsewhere. Hyperactivity seems to be the main "problem/concern", but people with ADD don't have that, and tend to have a stunning ability to focus on a single project or whatever for hours at a time. ADD itself doesn't seem to get much press in this article except as a part of ADHD. --Sgtkabuki (talk) 01:39, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

In the USA, the term "ADHD" is now generally thought to include "ADD" (and it's too true that hyperactivity is the most conspicuous sign of ADHD) but children (and adults) with either have the same problem -- an inability to control focus, they always seem to have too little (hyper) or too much (undistractable.) htom (talk) 00:22, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
These are terms from the DSM. The DSM 3 used ADD and switch to ADHD in the DSM 4TR. Thus we use ADHD the more recent term.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:36, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

NPOV - Oktober 2012

ADHS ain't a neurobehavioral disorder. It's caractrerized as "Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence" in ICD 10. In DSM too. The DSM is about mental disorders. Neurobehavioral disorders are the classification of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. [4] But most shrinks think it's a mental disorder. So the neutrality of this article is not fullfiled. --WSC ® 16:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

I agree with you! I would like to see the definition changed into behavioural disorder because the ICD/DSM description of criteria only mentions behavioural symptoms, no emotional ones. Lova Falk talk 17:24, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Added "mental disorder" Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 19:35, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
I think the neurobehavioral disorder is still misplaced. 1. The cause isn't a clear neuronal caused behavioral disorder. There's no mechianism found which has a distinct causality to the behavioral problems. (You can't diagnose a ADHD by Medical imaging) 2. ADHD is described as multifactorial caused mental disorder. This model exclude a single neurobehavioral cause as only trigger of adhd. 3. Schizophrenia is suspected as neurobehavioral disorder too. There were found much clearer coherences between brain metabolism and the typical symptoms. Additional, the genetic coherences of schizophrenia are much higher than of ADHD. But nobody had the dump idea to call schizophrenia a "neurobehavioral disorder" [5]. A lot of research makes clear that there is much more needed to trigger a schizophrenia than a simple "neurological" vulnerability and genetical load. But when a child fools around in classroom, like on this fucking foto, it's a neurobehavioral disorder? Thats highly nonserious of the authors of the article to permit such opinions in the introduction.
The opinion of the "National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke" is relevant. But not in the introduction of our article. And not sourced by an simple information website.
--WSC ® 20:44, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
There are many references that support that ADHD is a neurobehavioural disorder other than the NINDS. This textbooks states "It has been hypothesized that neurobehavioral disabilities of childhood, such asADHD or learning disorders" [6] We also have this "According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (2000), ADHD is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood, as well as the most prevalent chronic health condition affecting school- aged children" [7]Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:16, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I think you are right. The quantity of the sources makes clear that ADHD is also discribed as a neurobehavioral disorder. But I try to challange the mention in the introduction! I now try to give you an understandig of my problem with the mention of "neurobehavioral" in the introduction, by pure numerals: In Google-Scholar, you have about 950 hits with the keywords neurobehavioral disorder and ADHD. But if you search the keywords mental disorder and ADHD, you have about 15,000 or 12,000 (for developmental disorder) hits. Incident to the more or less official opinion of WHO's ICD and the APA's DSM-4R and -5 it is described predominantly as mental disorder. So that should be our neutral view too. --WSC ® 11:01, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Google hits is not evidence. Both are accepted positions thus we should mention both in the lead. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 18:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
No, these are not google hits. These are hits an an scientiffic search engine. I know you are abel to discuss a theme by ignorin all other arguments. Thats phenomenal! Please read my last contrib again. --WSC ® 21:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Yes I know it is google scholar. We still do not determine content by google hits. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Ok, I see you like to read only my half argumentation. We still determine contents by official definitions. Don't we? Look, it's a official determination to call ADHD a mental disorder. A official resolution like show a embrassing and stereotype picture of ADHD-child causing problems unprovoked because the picture was found on the CDC-Website. [8] That was your argumentation as I remeber. --WSC ® 04:30, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
I think Doc realized the problem. Both his ignor of ethical issues at the picture and his overstate of the bilogical paradigm in the introduction. Nothing seems to stand in the way to ballance that in the article. --WSC ® 09:48, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the rules are on .de, but here we take wp:NPA seriously. Please address the content, not the editors. Now then, a scholar search on the terms adhd "developmental disorder" "systematic review" "mental disorder" cochrane, filtered "since 2012", finds 9 results using all those terms. One of those, perhaps the most useful is to The Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Joseph D. Buxbaum & Patrick R. Hof (eds). Academic Press, 2012 ISBN 9780123919304 p.70, which discusses the impact of Lovaas (1987) in "shifting many people's perspective from viewing autism as an untreatable mental disorder, to viewing it as a developmental disorder..." (my emphasis). Also valuable is: Krisanaprakornkit T, Ngamjarus C, Witoonchart C, Piyavhatkul N. "Meditation therapies for attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 6. Art. No.: CD006507. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006507.pub2. Its abstract begins "Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common developmental disorders experienced in childhood..." (again, my emphasis).

Are there better sources which address the (multiple) terminologies? LeadSongDog come howl! 20:33, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

More than a question of NPOV, it seems to me that this may be a case of different classifications saying different things (per specialty) about a condition whose causes are little understood and consequently difficult to classify. So you pays your money and you takes your choice, as it were. Or rather, perhaps the page should somehow reflect the different standpoints?

A few more (more or less recent) MEDRS:

This is obviously a slippery surface. Anyway, I certainly agree that User:Doc James deserves a good faith apology. —MistyMorn (talk) 21:57, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
Of course we take NPA serious. But that doesn't mean ordinarily that anybody has to let himself stultify by anyone else. In this discussion it seems to me DocJames only argument is, that the picture was taken by an govermental information page. A page with a lousy quality. If he is not able to have a slightly in depth excogitatin about the ethics of his profession and the work in wikipedia, I will call it as it is.
The issue of the controversy if ADHD is an developmental or an neurobehavioural disorder is a question of the paradigmatic backround of the authors of the sources. A neurologist that was trained to treat diseases caused by organic brain changes or the disorder of brain metabolism has a minor access to mental issues. But it's reverse the same. But you have to consider that the state of the art in psychiaty and psychology is basically the same as in neurology. ADHD is caused by an metabolic "shift" or "change" partially relate with organic changes (e.g. differences in the frontal brain). But the somatic changes in brain are not the only cause of ADHD. You also have individuals which have minor or no of these somatic markers. Also you have individuals which have such somatic markes but they doesn't show the typical behavioural changes. Thats why these profession claime a multifactorial cause of ADHD which includes psychosocial conditions. Thats why DocJames is not utter wrong. But a bit superficial. --WSC ® 09:48, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Please make sure you Comment on content, not on the contributor. —MistyMorn (talk) 12:05, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
I notice that you think the hint, a user don't care about ethical aspekts is a violation of NPA. That doesn't mean your are right. I could turn the argumentation and claim a in depht argumentation as reason for a revert (form a admin) like these: [9] [10] [11] [12]. Justified with an,... ahm? with an? Please give me the right word for this! --WSC ® 12:44, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

I'm glad we clarified this point. If there are no furhter reasons, I delate the picture now from the article. --WSC ® 17:46, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

"...this point." What point? —MistyMorn (talk) 18:29, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Man! The NPA point man! --WSC ® 18:49, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
There is not consensus for deleting the image. Yes hyperactivity and disruption of ones classroom is one of the common symptoms/signs of ADHD. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
There is no consensus to keep such a ethic doubious picture. It's a pitty you as physican have no idea of ethical roots. Thats why I will delate the picture. --WSC ® 08:04, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Arbitrary break

Having posted warnings about attacking the contributor (WP:NPA) on User:Widescreen's talk page, I will try to address the content issue.

On ethical grounds, use of the image would certainly be improper if it was being used to stigmatize children with ADHD. On the contrary, within the context of this page I think it communicates to readers that in certain cases of individual disruption in the classroom there may be more than meets the eye. Maybe this point could somehow be made more clearly in the caption? —MistyMorn (talk) 10:54, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Hi, I just edited the caption. Hope that's OK. I am just an average joe in this discussion, so I may be missing something. I agree with MistyMorn. The image is neutral and fair, questioning the ethics of another editor is not. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 11:19, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
As I said in the previous discussion here, the picture spreads a stereotypical an abusive meaning of ADHD-concerned. Compare this picture with an homeless seemes like suffering on schizophrenia molested others on the street in the article Schizophrenia. Would you havn't ethical problems with this kind of figuering? It's neccessary to have an ethical reflect of what contents we spread in two different contexts. 1. As ethical reflection on the roots of medicine and social science and 2. as authors of an enzyclopedia. Why don't you have a look at the pictures in the german article: de:Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung? Only DocJames is sympathetic to leave the picture. But he ain't go no arguments not even a explanation. --WSC ® 16:43, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
OK I see what you mean now. This kind of class disruption was how ADHD first came to the notice of the media, and because of this it has become a stereotype. If I was to put a picture on schizophrenia I would probably show a homeless person being molested by 'normal' people. The article already has an image of a child trying to study. Any second image should illustrate a different aspect of the disorder, but I do not know what that would be. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 17:35, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
I've never saw a ADHD child act like that. Maybe this is the imagination of CDC Website-designers or an contract-photographer what happens in classrooms today? But I'm no CDC Website-designer and no contract-photographer. --WSC ® 17:45, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Actually, I saw quite a few ADHD children act like that. But for me it's fine to remove the picture. What would be really nice is a picture in which the advantages of ADHD are illustrated, their energy and creativity. Lova Falk talk 17:51, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Or they suffering on social exclusion or having relation problems in family? Or we ask the reades of read the text, not have a look at a conduct-disorder. --WSC ® 18:10, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
I do not see any concerns with the pictures we have here on the English Wikipedia. This is a common symptom of ADHD and a common compliant by teachers. I have spend sometime working in child psychiatry and have read descriptions from teachers that match this picture. It is not a sterotype but one key diagnostic criteria / symptoms. There are many review articles and the DSM to back this up.
Now with respect to the German Wikipedia, the picture they use of the brains scan from a 1990 study is IMO inappropriate. First of all it is not supported by an appropriate source but by a primary research paper from the 1990 and thus fails WP:MEDRS. It gives way to much weight to medical imaging. Medical imaging is never used in diagnosis, however descriptions of activity as in the picture above is. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 23:12, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
Im currently work at child psychiatry. And I've never heard a child act like that. I often heare sufferd child talk in lessons or don't follow the instruction or are restless and can't sit calmly. If they also show cunduct-disordes they often have brawls or refuse the instructions. If sufferd children feel unfair treated they have conflicts with the teachers. Most of them are just restless and inattentive But a lot of them just "dream away" in lessons. But I've never heard they act like a fool. Futher it's not part of the diagnosis criteria they act in class like that. In DSM IV it's no criteria they make grimaces. Like it's no DSM-cirteria schizophrens are molester others or beeing homeless. That doesn't mean it's no common byeffect. --WSC ® 05:46, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Never seen a child act like what? Display a deficit in their ability to pay attention/concentrate? The picture shows a child concentrating or trying to concentrate on work; a deficit in the ability to pay attention is one of the core features of ADHD. Why do you think that it is called attention deficit disorder? I am mystified as to how you have come to the conclusion that this image is inappropriate. The image should remain in this article.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:56, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
You don't see a child not paying attention in class. You see a child act like a clown. That's not typical but stereotypical on ADHD concerned. Think about a child have a look at the article. What would it think about his disorder? Or they classmates. But you know, ADHD-childs ain't got no feelings and no cognition. But it's not necessary you understand that point. Let people decide that who are interested in such issues and care about it. If you want to have an access to that issue maybe take my compare whith the schizophrenic. --WSC ® 23:06, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Oh I apologise, I thought that it was the image in the lede/introduction that was in dispute. Okay, about the image in question, ADHD young people (even to a certain extent some adults with ADHD) do tend to clown around when it is not appropriate. Desruptive behaviour is quite common in ADHD people. I don't think the image should be deleted but if a better alternative picture is available which is more appropriate it could be considered for replacing the picture you dispute. Have you got an alternative picture in mind? I think that the various psychiatric co-morbidity's discussed in this article, especially conduct disorder and substance abuse reflect more badly on ADHD people than the picture of a kid clowning around but what is is.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:32, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Ah, okay. Where do we need a picture for? Is it necessary to confirm anybodys stereotyps and prejudices. Especially we as authors of an enzyklopedia? I think the image is more transfiguring than clarifying. What about the people doesen't act like that. As an embellishment I think it's to controversial. Is it a benefit to our readers to add such a photo as loosening part? I don't think so. It's diffiulty to find a picture which makes a behavioral disorder visual. Or have a look at the article Conduct disorder. Thers no image of an child with a knife rob an old dame. (And I hope there is none) --WSC ® 23:44, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Widescreen removed the picture, Jmh649 put it back in. I will now revert this again for the following reason: the picture is controversial and it is not part of any sourced content. Controversial unsourced material should only be part of an article if there is consensus that this material should be part of the article. Lova Falk talk 11:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Sure I have added a reference to support the image. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 11:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Do pictures require references?--MrADHD | T@1k? 12:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Technically no. But in this case they are easy to find as the image is from the CDC. Also "disruptive behavior" is described as one of the four common symptoms of ADHD along with inattention and hyperactivity. This picture shows all three of these common symptoms. The fourth mentioned is academic difficulty. The picture being of an academic environment also in away conveys this. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 12:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Fine with me! It is (almost?) a curious example of the Streisand effect, because the request to remove the picture has given the disruptive behavior a bigger place in the article than it had before... Lova Falk talk 14:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
This contention over the caption should be a candidate for wp:Lamest edit wars. Really, do we need a caption in the "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" article to explain that children with "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" may exhibit a deficit of attention or hyperactivity in the classroom? Why not just "ADHD frequently is seen in the classroom". Full Stop. Move along, there's nothing to see here. LeadSongDog come howl! 15:47, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

::Not a very friendly remark about a subject that one of us really cares about: a picture that s/he feels stigmatizes kids with ADHD spreads a stereotypical an[d] abusive meaning of ADHD-concerned. Lova Falk talk 18:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
@DocJames: Do you really believe, the Website of CDC [13] is a reliable source? I've never heard such a far-fetched nonsens! --WSC ® 17:33, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I doubt you'll find many serious editors who have problems with treating the Centers for Disease Control as being among the most reliable of publishers. Of course you're welcome to ask at wp:RSN, but I suggest you'll need a reason to impeach that source. Collectively, we bet our lives on the quality of their work, day in and day out, usually without even being aware of it. LeadSongDog come howl! 18:23, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Well, I don't need the RSN to estimate a source. We don't talk about the syphilis prevalence rate nor talk about a published survey of CDC. We talk about their website. You can't expect specialist ethical standards from a public helth agency. But ask yourself: Is this website peer-reviewed? Is this website publised in a scientiffic "press" (or publisher)? No, it isn't. Because CDC doesn't add such pictures to their serious publications. If you don't want to realize the ethical question maybe you will recognize the quality aspect?
Futher, I'm not convinced about the quality of govermental organisation in scholarly tasks. The CIA is also a govermental organisation. In germany we have private professional association. Thats a kind of obedient to authority. It would be fine, if there were a authority who can solve all questions, beginning with the reliable sources end ending with ethical questions. But I don't wanna overcharge you with ethical issues. I think this critical view is quite strange to the anglophone wikipedians. I think thats nonserious. Scholarly sources are indipendent and have more quality than such a website. --WSC ® 19:08, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
No, the CDC is not even vaguely comparable to the CIA! Around the world, the CDC tends to be considered considered one of the most reliable sources of information around. A bit like the National Library of Medicine (another US body promoting health internationally), and on a rather somewhat similar level to the World Health Organization. The idea that this organization dedicated to disease prevention, with their ethical reputation and remit to defend, might risk being perceived as stigmatizing anyone who suffers from any disorder really isn't credible. I have to say I really think you've chosen the wrong target here (albeit in good faith). —MistyMorn (talk) 19:44, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I've heard about the CDC just marginal. That perhaps down to the fact that I'm no physican and not interested in public health system of the USofA. But I think you overstate the meaning of CDC as "similar level to the WHO". From a german view thats just a joke. The CDC was descibed in our article: " The CDC focus national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases and foodborne pathogens and other microbial infections), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and education activities" They might have a importance in somiatic medicine (especially infectious diseases and foodborne pathogens and other microbial infections) but I've never heard they have any influence in psychiatry or psychology and I read relatively a lots of english scientiffic literature. That means the website of CDC (and this image) is published to spread Health promotion. Thats means their website is not a scholarly publication. But don't get me wrong! I won't allege the CDC, they are willing to stigmatize anyone. I just alleg they're not thorough with their webside. That's why this website is no source for us. The argument of DocJames, to constitute this website as reliable source is just a misinterpretation of what a reliable source is. But I got to say you are right! "I have to say I really think you've chosen the wrong target here (albeit in good faith)" In de:wp nobody ever would have such a inane discussion to save such a obviously unencyclopaedic and pejorative image which such odd arguments. And I'm not sure if I'm inclined to explain enzyclopedic and ethical fundamentals here. --WSC ® 20:25, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Regardless, the picture still represents 3 of the core traits of ADHD, inattention, disruptiveness and hyperactivity and you have not proposed a better picture. All of your arguing, seems to be a case of WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT; I do appreciate that your motives are well intentioned and in WP:GOODFAITH.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
That's tru, I don't like this image! It's pejorative and downplaying. My point is, if you read my argumentation, that this child is acting in a special way, the child act if it were dumb. Thats pejorative in childs doesn't act like that but find other ways of showing the typical behavior. The imange showes more a naive conception of the behaviour. There are childs how can destroy a lessen without act as they are stupid. Some just have problems in breaks and so on. The benefit of this image (if there is one) is subject ot the "obscurity". Of course the reader want a image to clarifying anything. A image for the relativity theory, a image for french literature and a image for adhd. But you can't make a behavioural disorder visual! An other example: Oppositional defiant disorder the picture here shows a child is raging. Thats not a conduct disorder! Every child will act like that, it takes a bit more to diagnose such a disorder. It's more confusing than anything else. But I repeat myself. --WSC ® 21:29, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

For the record I agree the CDC site is an RS. Having said, that, I suggest the image be removed. I don't see what it adds to how it enhances [see below] the reader's understanding of the subject. People who know what "behave disruptively" means don't need the image, and people who don't know what it means get a cartoonish (figurately as well as literally) idea of it means from the image. I'm not even sure which is supposed to be "is" the ADHD kid. Maybe it's the boy in front who's trying hard to focus on his work (a tough job because of his ADHD) despite the just-plain-rotten (but not ADHD) kid behind him. EEng (talk) 22:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Images are not meant to add anything new but rather reflect the subject matter being discussed as it adds visual context to the article. If you or anyone have trouble identifying which child is the one with ADHD, read the text below the image.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:15, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
I've modified my comment to employ more careful phrasing. You may be right that an image needn't (perhaps even shouldn't) add anything new, but certainly at the very least it should enhance the reader's understanding. And I claim it fails to do that, for the reasons already stated. In fact, your post strengthens my point quite nicely. If you or anyone think my comment reflects actual difficulty identifying which child is meant to "be" ADHD, or that I didn't read the caption, try giving my comment more careful thought. Given the contents of your userpage [14] I'm surprised you're so comfortable with the implication that the class troublemaker must be the kid with ADHD, and vice-versa. EEng (talk) 01:53, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
What can I say? I am a surprising and unpredictable person. :)--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

One can interpret the image in many ways. For example it might remind people that if a child is being disruptive in class, it might not be that he is simply a "bad kid" but that he may have a psychiatric condition that may benefit from treatment. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 02:55, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Good point, but then the caption should be clear about that, if the image is going to stay. But -- returning to my tiresome point -- does this image really enhance the reader's understanding more than it plays into misunderstanding? EEng (talk) 04:02, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
I would say yes. The reason why this image seem so controversial is that people disagree that being disruptive in the classroom is a common symptom of ADHD. We have a lot of literature that being disruptive is a common symptoms and this image help correct this misunderstanding. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:42, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
A good argument! But the image could also be misunderstood: Parents could say: No, my child act like that! My child doesn't act like a fool. This is a teachers problem they can't treat my child! You can't replace the informations are needed to describe the disorder by a image. The second point is: You can also place the image in the article conduct disorder or better in Oppositional defiant disorder (ICD characterized by markedly defiant, disobedient, disruptive behaviour that does not include delinquent acts or the more extreme forms of aggressive or dissocial behaviour). You can write "Child shows disobendient behavior". The picture is not selective enough. But I repeat myself. --WSC ® 05:52, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
One could say the same thing about the image at strep throat. You can get this appearance with mono, diptheria, and a number of other infections. Yes it is not 100% specific. No image is. Does not mean however that we should get rid of them all. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:17, 12 October 2012 (UTC)
Okay! 1. The image at strep throat isn't derogatory. 2. So the image doesn't claifying anything. It shows people with conduct disorders suffer on ADHD. If you want to know what is about ADHD you have to read the text. You could ask yourself what's the benefit of this image? 3. Disruptivie actions in the classroom are also a common symptom on Oppositional defiant disorder. And it is a main symptom of ODD! What about the suptypes of ADHD arn't disruptive at school? The image could be misunderstood when parents have a child isn't disruptive.
The image isn't necessary. It's derogatory and doesn't present any additional benefit to the article. That's why the image have to delated. --WSC ® 11:19, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

edit request on 2012-10-27

I think the following phrase should be corrected, since it doesn't make sense as written: "In children and adolescents with ADHD can have their high IQ missed when standard testing is performed". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rbwilli (talkcontribs) 22:51, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback Rbwilli. I have tweaked the wording slightly. Tell me what you think. Okay now?--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:25, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Error in first sentence on page

The first sentence in this article either has an extraneous "a" after the "is" or is missing a noun after the "is". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.106.50.38 (talk) 20:52, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

  Done Thanks. Cresix (talk) 20:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Copyrighted text from DSM-IV

First let me emphasize that I'm not questioning the appropriateness of the removal by MrADHD (talk · contribs) in this edit. If the American Psychiatric Association has asked that it be removed, I would have removed it myself if I had known. Here's my question and some comments. MrADHD commented that APA "asked for its diagnostic codes not be put onto Wikipedia". Does that mean the literal codes (which are 314.00, 314.01, and 314.9) or the words used to describe the diagnostic criteria? I have seen those diagnostic criteria used word for word in several books published by respectable authors and publishers. The words were presented as a quotation, and there was a citation to DSM-IV, but there wasn't a statement that the words were "used by permission". What exactly did APA say in its communication with Wikipedia? Certainly the information should be presented as a quotation with a citation to DSM-IV, but does APA even object to such a quotation? Cresix (talk) 22:10, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

I am not exactly sure, but I remember about a year ago or so the AMA contacting wikipedia and it being discussed on WT:MED and subsequently DSM diagnostic criterias were removed from most of the psychiatric disorder articles. I am not sure why it was not removed from the ADHD article a year ago, maybe because ADHDers are so, errm rebellious? lol I don't think we can copy and paste any content out of the DSM books but if you want a specific answer you are better asking over at the medicine project that I linked earlier in this post as I cannot remember the specifics.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:14, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Shouldn't we be completely sure? Because the ADHD criteria are all over the internet. For instance, it is on behavenet, and in their terms of use they only say: "When citing material found here please follow style guidelines of Modern Language Association." They don't say: "Don't copy the criteria." So are you really sure we cannot have them? And can't we write back and discuss with them? Lova Falk talk 08:20, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
It was not the numbers but the wording that they did not wish us to use. We just need to paraphrase. But I am not completely sure. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 09:22, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Well, in that case we just need to copyedit a little bit and put them back in! (Soon I'll be off to a birthday party so I can't do it today...) Lova Falk talk 09:58, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Sounds good to me. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:17, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
In the meantime, a link to a legitimate published use of the exact text seems safe, such as Solanto M. I don't think that could be construed as anything but fair use. LeadSongDog come howl! 22:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
How is it fair use??? The source you link, as well as DSM-IV from which the material was obtained, are copyrighted. We are not any more entitled to copy word for word from your source as we are from DSM-IV. If we paraphrase and need to make a citation, DSM-IV works very well for that. Cresix (talk) 01:58, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Solanto M is, I believe, advocating the addition of link and not the incorporation of the verbatim text into the article. FiachraByrne (talk) 02:46, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
Ah! That makes sense. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 02:48, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Causes of ADHD

The causes are very clear, in fact, in a recent 2010 study conducted at Cardiff by respectable scientists with very compelling evidence that the sole cause is genetic. One of the most significant affected genes is on a region of the 16th chromosome previously linked to schizophrenia, and has similar chromosomal changes as autism, copy number variants(CNVs), and other brain disorders. Sources:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929191312.htm , http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/wt-sff092810.php I also read the article about it on the lancet but i lost where it is. 174.26.35.15 (talk) 01:33, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm afraid you have grossly overstated the case. No doubt there are genetic factors, and your links give us evidence of that. But this is a medical article, and medicine is largely based on science. And anyone with a very elementary knowledge of the scientific method knows that one (even two or three) studies almost never confirms that a psychiatric disorder has a sole cause. And a first year med student knows that genetics is a very complex field, and that the more we find out that we know, the more we realize how much we don't know The information you cite provide some pieces of a very large and complex puzzle, but no more. Cresix (talk) 01:55, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

thank you for your feed back but im fourteen so therefore i am not a first year med student, and my overstatements, if any, arent gross but slight over steps caused by my feelings about the subject considering i have ADHD-HI and i know from experience with my family medical history that the studies are right. Dont look down at me just because im young, i could have been in college by now but im not "emotionally ready" or "mentally mature enough". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.26.35.15 (talk) 02:39, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

It's certainly quite understandable that as a 14 year old you would not have the understanding that a physician, psychologist, or scientist would have. And your own diagnosis of ADHD I'm sure gives you a sensitivity that many don't have. But I haven't looked down on anyone; I have simply stated the scientific facts. Concluding from one or two studies that anything is a sole cause of ADHD is a gross overstatement. Medical science does not operate by the opinions of one person who has been diagnosed. If I were not a physician and concluded from reading one study that the only way I should treat my high blood pressure is to just go easy on the salt, I could be needlessly cutting decades off my life span. Having a disorder gives someone knowledge about the disorder, but it does not make them a medical expert on it. So, your intentions may have been good, but your conclusions were simply wrong. But let me encourage you to keep reading about your disorder. The more you know about it, the more you will be able to help others help you to manage it. Cresix (talk) 03:12, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
In Wikipedia medical articles, we mostly report the findings of "review" articles - these are articles published in scholarly journals that give an expert overview of a topic. We tend to avoid reporting the conclusions or results of single studies like the Lancet article Science Daily and Eureka Alert reported on. By relying on reviews, we can be more confident that we're giving due weight to the different views within a topic, especially relatively new results. (The relevant guideline is Identifying reliable sources/Medicine).
I found the Lancet article in Google Scholar, clicked on "Cited by 145" and scanned the results. One of those results is a review that looks like a more appropriate source to use for a statement about the genetic origins of ADHD.
Please don't be put off contributing to Wikipedia articles by this experience, most professors make the same mistake when they first start editing our medical content. Most readers aren't aware of the guidelines that govern Wikipedia, until they have a go. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 04:14, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Low arousal theory

I am of the opinion that this section can be merged into the pathophysiology section of this article. There is little secondary sourced content about this theory, so having its own section does not appear to be justified especially in a main overview article such as this. The main article low arousal theory contains poor sourcing and could probably also be merged and redirected or the article deleted. Low arousal just seems to be an interpretation of part of the pathophysiology rather than being a prominent defacto theory. Thoughts?--MrADHD | T@1k? 14:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Agree! It is now a subsection of social causes, and it is really out of place there. Lova Falk talk 14:54, 18 November 2012 (UTC)


Is ADHD a mental/psychiatric disorder?

While it is primarily defined by the DSM and is treated primarily by the field of psychiatry which IMO makes it obvious. However as this continue to be removed here are some additional refs:

  1. Textbook of psychiatry [15]
  2. Another [16]
  3. NIH refers to it as a mental disorder [17]

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 06:51, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Is this a distinction without a difference? According to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psychiatric_disorder&action=history psychiatric disorder has been a redirect to mental disorder for five years now. LeadSongDog come howl! 14:25, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
No mental disorder and psychiatric disorder is the same. I am happy with using either or in the lead. I do not see the justification for removing this designation. Not sure if someone is claiming that it is not a "mental disorder"? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Typo

It is written under 5. Management: Dietary modifications many also be of benefit.

Thank you for telling us. I fixed it. Lova Falk talk 18:24, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

  Fixed


Several typos: "predominately" should be "predominantly"

There are a few instances of the term "predominantly" which have been mispelled "predominately" including the first paragraph in the intro, and two in the fourth paragraph of the section "Diagnosis". For some reason, my account is still not yet confirmed, even though I've been using it a long time, probably because most of the edits I submit are done without logging in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Purefusion (talkcontribs) 08:48, 24 December 2012‎

Thank you for telling us. Time to start logging in  ! Happy holidays to you. Lova Falk talk 10:59, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Mini review

Have agreed to go through this article and provide some feedback.

  • This ref Ramsay, J. Russell (2007). Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult ADHD. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-95501-7. does not give the page number
  • This is not really a reliable source "Brain Matures A Few Years Late In ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern". "

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:25, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Doc! I have deleted the weak source. Unfortunately the book ref without page numbers given probably can only be resolved by getting the book and reading it or else finding better sources. That means more work, ugh. We will get this article there in the end.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:24, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
Ugh? I have done it for you. Here I could search the book and I found all the missing page numbers.   Happy new year! Lova Falk talk 10:27, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Very cool! Thanks! How much do I owe you? :-p--MrADHD | T@1k? 18:36, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
One good article please.   Lova Falk talk 22:38, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
You are an expensive lady! Okay I will try my best. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 02:27, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

From Portal:Current events/2013 February 28 ... In The Lancet, genetics links between five major psychiatric disorders: autism, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia per recent study.[1]

99.109.125.252 (talk) 01:32, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

It is not that it is too new it is that the source in question is a primary research paper rather than a review article. We should wait until a proper review has been done on the topic. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 01:46, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 March, 2013

Just a minor edit in punctuation. In the Cause section under the subsection Diet, the first sentence "Concerns were first raised by Benjamin Feingold, a paediatric allergist that food colourings and additives may..." ought to have a comma after "allergist". That, or the sentence can be rearranged to say "Concerns were first raised by paediatric allergist Benjamin Feingold, who suggested that food colourings and...". — Preceding unsigned comment added by CetteFoisDemain (talkcontribs) 21:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

  Done. Thanks. Cresix (talk) 14:57, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 1 April 2013

No mentions has been made as to the physical symptoms often accompanying ADHD. For example a significant proportion of individuals with ADHD have issues with higher levels of muscular tension. It would be appreciated if someone could add information in this regard.

Please provide us a reliable source. New sections go at the bottom of the page. Please don't remove other information from the talk page. Cresix (talk) 14:53, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 24 April, 2013

I would like to place this edit in the Society and Culture: Controversies heading.
Pre-existing text included, added text in bold.

Controversies

Main article: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder controversies ADHD and its diagnosis and treatment have been considered controversial since the 1970s.[17][18][158] The controversies have involved clinicians, teachers, policymakers, parents and the media. Opinions regarding ADHD range from not believing it exists at all[16]:p.23[159] to believing there are genetic and physiological bases for the condition as well as disagreement about the use of stimulant medications in treatment.[18][19] Social science perceptions challenge biomedical views on the true cause of ADHD symptoms. Symptoms are viewed by this perspective as a consequence of normalisation; where it has been constructed in culture/society that it is normal to be focused/well behaved/patient etc. and therefore abnormal to act differently. [1] Furthermore, as Ruth Benedict outlined, in most modern cultures normal is associated strongly with being good, whereas abnormality usually carries bad connotations.[2]

Some sociologists consider ADHD to be a "classic example of the medicalization of deviant behavior, defining a previously nonmedical problem as a medical one".[17] Most healthcare providers in U.S. accept that ADHD is a genuine disorder with debate in centering mainly around how it is diagnosed and treated.[20][21][22]Although some may argue that the medicalization of what is constructed as socially detrimental behaviours would alleviate patients of responsibility for their actions, others would insist that it merely permits health professionals to exert influence over the care and management of such individuals.[3] In addition, although disease based subjectivities caused by medicalization may be liberating for some, they can cause negative impacts such as oppression for others. Furthermore, medicalization of ADHD and the consequential biomedical treatment used to relieve symptoms can lead to iatrogenesis and added complications for the individual.[4] Therefore not only do social science perspectives challenge the validity of the ‘disease’ but also highlight the negative social and medical aspects associated with treating the ‘symptoms’.

Possible overdiagnosis of ADHD, the use of stimulant medications in children, and the methods by which ADHD is diagnosed and treated are other main areas of controversy.[160] Possible long-term side-effects of stimulants and their usefulness are largely unknown because of a lack of long-term studies.[161] Some research raises questions about the long-term effectiveness and side-effects of medications used to treat ADHD,[162] with evidence existing that stimulant use during childhood increases the risk of developing symptoms of hallucinations or mania in a small portion of the population, with symptoms resolving when medication is discontinued.[163] With a "wide variation in diagnosis across states, races, and ethnicities" some investigators suspect that factors other than neurological conditions play a role when the diagnosis of ADHD is made.[100]

References

  1. ^ Lock, M & Nguyen, V 2010, An anthropology of biomedicine, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
  2. ^ Benedict, R 1934, ‘Anthropology and the abnormal’, Journal of General Psychology, vol. 10, pp. 59-82. As cited in; Kowal, E 2013, ‘Standardising the body: lecture notes week two’, Anth300016, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, AU.
  3. ^ Zola, I K 1972, ‘Medicine as an institution of social control’, The Sociological Review, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 487–504, viewed 17/04/2013, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1972.tb00220.x/abstract>.
  4. ^ Illitch, I 2011, ‘Medical nemesis: the expropriation of health’, Pantheon Books, NYC, viewed on 19/04/2019, <http://www.desireerover.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MEDICAL-NEMESIS-Ivan-Illitch.pdf>.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Grpryor3 (talkcontribs)

  Note: I have requested assistance from the editors of Wikiproject Medicine. --ElHef (Meep?) 02:59, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
We need more recent references to support content additions. Three of the refs are from before the 1980s and the other textbook is lacking a page number. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:48, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment on lead

or else fail to respond to psychotherapeutic input.[16]:p.317: There seems to be an error in the citation template since I suppose the p.317 outside the citation is the pages in the citation.--Garrondo (talk) 20:01, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

It is because the citation is used multiple times with multiple different pages cited.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:00, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for the answer. I had not seen that kind of citation of pages... I personally do not really like the aesthethics but since it is used consistently sorry about the comment. --Garrondo (talk) 07:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Other comment (this one more important):

The lead ends with The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, while acknowledging the controversy, states that the current treatments and methods of diagnosis are based on the dominant view of the academic literature.

I have several problems with this specific sentence:

  • 1-Too specific for the lead. It mentions an specific national institution and gives the position of that institution. However, there is no mention to the country, nor to why it is important its opinion or position.
  • 2-Related to above: it is probably a case of regional bias to give the name of a UK institution, specially when the country is not stated and assummed that it is known.
  • 3-Similarly is probably a case of undue weight, since IMO the use in the lead with the name of the institution gives the impression that it is only the opinion of the specific institution whereas it is probably the opinion of most experts. Unless there is a source stating the opposite of similar reliability, there is no need to give overt attributtion in the lead to the position statement.
  • 4-It is not a summary of the article, since nowhere in the main article it is again mentioned this institution (I have only searched for the term, so I might be wrong), breaking WP:lead.

Proposed solution: Leave in lead a summarized sentence, sort of "Current treatments and methods of diagnosis are based on the dominant view of the academic literature" (with the citation) and in the body of the article leave the whole sentence with the link to the institution and a mention of the United Kingdom.

Opinions?--Garrondo (talk) 07:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Zad68 (talk · contribs) 01:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Status = MEETS GA STANDARDS

  • On review... Zad68 01:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
  • MrADHD - I left a concern for you to address about the sourcing, could you look at it and respond please. Zad68 02:22, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Did more; updated sourcing table to reflect latest changes (including sourced removed/replaced). Zad68 20:07, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
  • MrADHD - source review is finished (finally!). I have some notes for you to review either address or explain as needed. Many of the items are very quick to fix, and in the few cases where I found a source non-WP:RS I've tried to provide an alternative. Once these are addressed we'll go through the prose review. Looking good so far, sourcing was largely very good. Zad68 02:19, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
  • Moving forward again now. Nearly all sourcing items were addressed adequately. There's a few more fiddly things I need to check, and I've moved just those notes below the (now collapsed) sourcing table. Will start the prose review. Zad68 02:19, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
  • Prose review finished now, mostly small things that can be fixed quickly. You can go ahead and do those now. I have a small number of outstanding sourcing issues I'd like to review and will provide notes on in a bit, nothing overwhelming. Zad68 15:46, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
  • All notes done now. There's a bit of content regarding Executive Function that has to be updated to WP:MEDRS-compliant sourcing, that's probably the biggest chunk of work, and a number of other items ranging from there down to trivial. Once this round is complete we should be very close to done. Turning back over to you. Zad68 18:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
  • On further reflection, Barkley's online course really doesn't meet sourcing requirements, I've added requests to re-source or remove the content. Zad68 15:07, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Now only two very small items left, an attribution is needed for the views of Neill and one grammar/clarity fix is needed in the section on High IQ children. Identified below with red  Ns. Zad68 16:19, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
  • Now meets GA standards! Congratulations, this was a huge chunk of work. Zad68 23:28, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

GA table

Rate Attribute Review Comment
1. Well-written:
  1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.
  1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
  2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
  2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).
  2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
  3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
  3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
  6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
  6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
  7. Overall assessment.

Sourcing

Sourcing review complete, all items addressed satisfactorily or moved to notes below
  • In general I'm concerned about the sourcing. There's far too many individual articles being used to support just one or two facts in the article. I feel like we're getting a scattershot view of the disorder in the article, and not a homogeneous overview with the various symptoms and related concepts selected and presented in due weight. Zad68 02:20, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

In this table:

  • Source lists the source as cited in the article
  • Seems WP:RS? means, "Does this source appear to meet WP:RS for reliable sourcing?"
  • Use OK? means, is the source used appropriately in the article? For the review, a few selected sources will be spot-checked to ensure they aren't plagiarized and support the article content. ? indicates the source was not spot-checked.
  • Notes will summarize problems found and what needs to be done to fix them
Source Seems WP:RS? Use OK? Notes
<ref>{{cite book|last=Bray|first=edited by Melissa A.|title=The Oxford handbook of school psychology|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-536980-9|page=285|year=2011|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=qyWN1cZ9dqAC&pg=PA285|coauthors=Kehle, Thomas J.}}</ref>  Y  Y Would prefer "psychiatric disorder" like source uses but "mental disorder" is apparently equivalent
<ref name=NIMH>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/adhd/adhd.htm|title=Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Information Page|volume=|publisher=National Institute of Health|work=National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke|date=September 30, 2012|accessdate=September 8, 2012}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref name=CDC>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html|title=Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Symptoms and Diagnosis|publisher=[[National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities]]|work=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]|date=December 12, 2010|accessdate=September 8, 2012}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002518/ |title=Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |author=anonymous |work=[[A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia]]|month=25 March 2012 |publisher=A.D.A.M. Health Solutions |location=USA }}</ref> style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?  Y Can you replace this with PMID 22976615;  Y done
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Nair J, Ehimare U, Beitman BD, Nair SS, Lavin A |title=Clinical review: evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in children |journal=Mo Med |volume=103 |issue=6 |pages=617–21 |year=2006 |pmid=17256270|url=}}</ref> style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?  Y PMID 17256270: Review; can you find a more up-to-date source? this is 7 years old and I'm sure there are newer reviews <----  Y done. I have removed this source as a newer one is being use that is sufficient, I feel.--MrADHD | T@1k? 11:42, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Rader R, McCauley L, Callen EC |title=Current strategies in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=79 |issue=8 |pages=657–65 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19405409|url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19405409: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Van Cleave J, Leslie LK |title=Approaching ADHD as a chronic condition: implications for long-term adherence |journal=Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=28–37 |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18777966|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 18777966: Case Reports, Review
<ref name="psychiatrymmc.com">{{Cite journal |last=Gentile |first=Julie |year= 2004|title=Adult ADHD: diagnosis, differential diagnosis and medication management |journal=Psychiatry |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=24–30 |id= |pmc=2957278 |pmid=20963192|last2=Atiq|first2=R|last3=Gillig|first3=PM}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20963192
<ref name="pmid19393378">{{cite journal |author=Emond V, Joyal C, Poissant H |title=[Structural and functional neuroanatomy of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)]|language=French |journal=Encephale |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=107–14 |year=2009 |month=April |pmid=19393378|doi=10.1016/j.encep.2008.01.005 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19393378: Review; used only in lead, shouldn't be sources used only in lead and not in body. <--- fixed  Y --MrADHD | T@1k? 16:28, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="Singh I 2008 957_64">{{Cite journal|author=Singh I |title=Beyond polemics: science and ethics of ADHD |journal=Nature Reviews. Neuroscience |volume=9 |issue=12 |pages=957–64 |year=2008|month=December |pmid=19020513|doi=10.1038/nrn2514}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 19020513: Review
<ref name =Ramsay25>{{cite book|author=Ramsay, J. Russell |title=Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult ADHD|publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=0-415-95501-7 |page=25}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite journal | pmid=15841682| volume=35 | issue=2 | title=The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population | year=2005 | month=February | author=Kessler RC, Adler L, Ames M, ''et al.'' | pages=245–56 | journal = Psychological Medicine | doi = 10.1017/S0033291704002892}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 15841682: Validation Studies
<ref name="Parrillo 2008 63">{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Social Problems |last=Parrillo |first=Vincent |year=2008 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-4129-4165-5 |page=63 |url=http://books.google.com/?id=mRGr_B4Y1CEC&pg=PA63&dq=percent+who+consider+ADHD+controversial |accessdate=2009-05-02 |authorlink=Vincent N. Parrillo}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite journal|author=Mayes R, Bagwell C, Erkulwater J |title=ADHD and the rise in stimulant use among children |journal=Harv Rev Psychiatry |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=151–66 |year=2008 |pmid=18569037|doi=10.1080/10673220802167782|url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 18569037: Review
<ref name="Cohen, Donald J.; Cicchetti, Dante 2006">{{Cite book|author=Cohen, Donald J.; Cicchetti, Dante |title=Developmental psychopathology |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Chichester |year=2006 |isbn=0-471-23737-X |oclc= }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="Sim MG, Hulse G, Khong E 2004 615_8">{{Cite journal|author=Sim MG, Hulse G, Khong E |title=When the child with ADHD grows up |journal=Aust Fam Physician |volume=33 |issue=8 |pages=615–8 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15373378|url=http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200408/20040803sim.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 15373378: Case Reports, Review
<ref name="Online">{{cite book|author=Silver, Larry B |title=Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |publisher=American Psychiatric Publishing |edition=3rd |year=2004 |isbn=1-58562-131-5 |page=[http://books.google.com/books?id=gjojY1WoIOIC&pg=PA4&lpg=PP7&output=html 4–7] }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="Schonwald A, Lechner E 2006 189_95">{{Cite journal|author=Schonwald A, Lechner E |title=Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: complexities and controversies |journal=Curr. Opin. Pediatr. |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=189–95 |year=2006|month=April |pmid=16601502|doi=10.1097/01.mop.0000193302.70882.70 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16601502: Review
<ref name=ICSI2012>{{cite journal|last=Dobie|first=C|title=Diagnosis and management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary care for school-age children and adolescents|year=2012|pages=79|url=http://guidelines.gov/content.aspx?f=rss&id=36812|publisher=Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html |title=Facts About ADHD |publisher=NCBDDD |author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |accessdate=2012-11-13 }}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref name =Ramsay26>{{cite book|author=Ramsay, J. Russell |title=Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult ADHD|publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=0-415-95501-7 |page=26}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name =Ramsay4>{{cite book|author=Ramsay, J. Russell |title=Cognitive behavioral therapy for adult ADHD|publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=0-415-95501-7 |page=4}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="NIMH1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/complete-index.shtml |title=Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |author=National Institute of Mental Health |authorlink=National Institute of Mental Health |year=2008 |publisher=[[National Institutes of Health]] |location=USA }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{Cite journal|title=ADHD-Type Behavior and Harmful Dysfunction in Childhood: A Cross-Cultural Model|journal=American Anthropologist|year=2000|first=Alexandra|last=Brewis|volume=102|issue=4|page=826|id= |doi= 10.1525/aa.2000.102.4.823|last2=Schmidt|first2=Karen L.|last3=Meyer|first3=Mary }}</ref> x style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Primary source. Not pubmed indexed. link to journal --Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
Agree this is not good, esp. as it's being used to support content talking about a "diagnosis". Zad68 19:24, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 Y removed so fixed now
<ref name="pmid20490677">{{cite journal |author=Mikami AY |title=The importance of friendship for youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=181–98 |year=2010 |month=June |pmid=20490677|pmc=2921569 |doi=10.1007/s10567-010-0067-y }}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20490677: Review
<ref name="pmid18822833">{{cite journal |author=Coleman WL |title=Social competence and friendship formation in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Adolesc Med State Art Rev |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=278–99, x |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18822833|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18822833: Review
<ref name="Racine_2008">{{Cite journal | last1 = Racine | first1 = MB. | last2 = Majnemer | first2 = A. | last3 = Shevell | first3 = M. | last4 = Snider | first4 = L. | title = Handwriting performance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). | journal = J Child Neurol | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 399–406 | month = Apr | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1177/0883073807309244 | PMID=18401033|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 18401033: Review
<ref name="Bellani_2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Bellani | first1 = M. | last2 = Moretti | first2 = A. | last3 = Perlini | first3 = C. | last4 = Brambilla | first4 = P. | title = Language disturbances in ADHD. | journal = Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 311–5 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | PMID=22201208|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22201208: Editorial, Review
<ref name="pmid19940426">{{cite journal |author=McBurnett K, Pfiffner LJ |title=Treatment of aggressive ADHD in children and adolescents: conceptualization and treatment of comorbid behavior disorders |journal=Postgrad Med |volume=121 |issue=6 |pages=158–65 |year=2009 |month=November |pmid=19940426|doi=10.3810/pgm.2009.11.2084 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19940426: Review
<ref name=UTP2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/topic.do?topicKey=behavior/8293#5 |author = Krull, K.R. |title=Evaluation and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children |format= Subscription required |accessdate=2008-09-12 |publisher=Uptodate |date=5 December 2007 }}</ref> A secondary source in a peer-reviewed journal would be more interesting.--Garrondo (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 Y I think Uptodate is OK for how it's used. Zad68 16:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Web MD--Garrondo (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 Y Zad68 16:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite journal | pmid=19428109| doi=10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.04.004 | volume=32 | issue=4 | title=Continuity of aggressive antisocial behavior from childhood to adulthood: The question of phenotype definition | year=2009 | author=Hofvander B, Ossowski D, Lundström S, Anckarsäter H | journal=Int J Law Psychiatry | pages=224–34}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19428109: Review - Journal is International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, seems like it's publishing a bit outside its field here but I guess it's OK
<ref name="pmid21094938">{{cite journal |author=Rubia K |title="Cool" inferior frontostriatal dysfunction in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder versus "hot" ventromedial orbitofrontal-limbic dysfunction in conduct disorder: a review |journal=Biol. Psychiatry |volume=69 |issue=12 |pages=e69–87 |year=2011 |month=June |pmid=21094938|doi=10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.09.023 }}</ref>  Y--Garrondo (talk) 09:41, 10 May 2013 (UTC)}}  Y--Garrondo (talk) 09:41, 10 May 2013 (UTC)}} PMID 21094938: Comparative Study, Review
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Philipsen A |title=Differential diagnosis and comorbidity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) in adults |journal=European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience |volume=256 Suppl 1 |pages=i42–6 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=16977551|doi=10.1007/s00406-006-1006-2}}</ref>  Y--Garrondo (talk) 17:08, 10 May 2013 (UTC) I have not been able to find support for the study it mentions.--Garrondo (talk) 17:08, 10 May 2013 (UTC)  Y I agree - have had my doubts myself. I have removed it.--MrADHD | T@1k? 16:33, 9 June 2013 (UTC) PMID 16977551: Review
<ref name="Wilens_2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilens | first1 = TE. | last2 = Spencer | first2 = TJ. | title = Understanding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from childhood to adulthood. | journal = Postgrad Med | volume = 122 | issue = 5 | pages = 97–109 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.3810/pgm.2010.09.2206 | PMID=20861593|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20861593: Review
<ref name="pmid21717696">{{cite journal |author=Baud P, Perroud N, Aubry JM |title=[Bipolar disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: differential diagnosis or comorbidity] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Suisse |volume=7 |issue=297 |pages=1219–22 |year=2011 |month=June |pmid=21717696|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 21717696: Review.

In French: probably a similar or better source could be found in English.--Garrondo (talk) 20:37, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Agree but OK for what it's used for. Zad68 02:15, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

<ref name="Wilens_2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Wilens | first1 = TE. | last2 = Morrison | first2 = NR. | title = The intersection of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse. | journal = Curr Opin Psychiatry | volume = 24 | issue = 4 | pages = 280–5 | month = Jul | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/YCO.0b013e328345c956 | PMID=21483267|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 21483267: Review
<ref name="pmid21365608">{{cite journal |author=Merino-Andreu M |title=[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and restless legs syndrome in children] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Rev Neurol |volume=52 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S85–95 |year=2011 |month=March |pmid=21365608|}}</ref>  Y--Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)  Y--Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC) PMID 21365608: Review

In Spanish. Maybe an English source could be found.

<ref name="pmid20620105">{{cite journal |author=Picchietti MA, Picchietti DL |title=Advances in pediatric restless legs syndrome: Iron, genetics, diagnosis and treatment |journal=Sleep Med. |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=643–51 |year=2010 |month=August |pmid=20620105|doi=10.1016/j.sleep.2009.11.014 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20620105: Review
<ref name="pmid18656214">{{cite journal |author=Karroum E, Konofal E, Arnulf I |title=[Restless-legs syndrome] |language=French |journal=Rev. Neurol. (Paris) |volume=164 |issue=8-9 |pages=701–21 |year=2008 |pmid=18656214|doi=10.1016/j.neurol.2008.06.006 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 18656214: Historical Article, Review
<ref name="pmid22670023">{{cite journal |author=Lal C, Strange C, Bachman D |title=Neurocognitive impairment in obstructive sleep apnea |journal=Chest |volume=141 |issue=6 |pages=1601–10 |year=2012 |month=June |pmid=22670023|doi=10.1378/chest.11-2214 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 22670023: Review
<ref name="pmid21600348">{{cite journal |author=Corkum P, Davidson F, Macpherson M |title=A framework for the assessment and treatment of sleep problems in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Pediatr. Clin. North Am. |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=667–83 |year=2011 |month=June |pmid=21600348|doi=10.1016/j.pcl.2011.03.004 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 21600348: Review
<ref name="pmid20451036">{{cite journal |author=Tsai MH, Huang YS |title=Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and sleep disorders in children |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=94 |issue=3 |pages=615–32 |year=2010 |month=May |pmid=20451036|doi=10.1016/j.mcna.2010.03.008 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20451036: Review
<ref name="pmid20028959">{{cite journal |author=Bendz LM, Scates AC |title=Melatonin treatment for insomnia in pediatric patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Ann Pharmacother |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=185–91 |year=2010 |month=January |pmid=20028959|doi=10.1345/aph.1M365 }}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20028959: Review
<ref name="pmid19096296">{{cite journal |author=Shreeram S, He JP, Kalaydjian A, Brothers S, Merikangas KR |title=Prevalence of enuresis and its association with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among U.S. children: results from a nationally representative study |journal=J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=35–41 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19096296|pmc=2794242 |doi=10.1097/CHI.0b013e318190045c |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19096296: Review
<ref name="pmid22186361">{{cite journal |author=Fliers EA, Franke B, Buitelaar JK |title=[Motor problems in children with ADHD receive too little attention in clinical practice] |language=Dutch; Flemish |journal=Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd |volume=155 |issue=50 |pages=A3559 |year=2011 |pmid=22186361|doi= |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22186361: Review
<ref name="pmid19713073">{{cite journal |author=Hagberg BS, Miniscalco C, Gillberg C |title=Clinic attenders with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: cognitive profile at school age and its relationship to preschool indicators of language delay |journal=Res Dev Disabil |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |year=2010 |pmid=19713073|doi=10.1016/j.ridd.2009.07.012 |url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19713073: Comparative Study; although this study's results would be a primary source if used, the article is only used for its background discussion, which is secondary for the purpose used
<ref name="Brunsvold">{{Cite journal|author=Brunsvold GL, Oepen G |title=Comorbid Depression in ADHD: Children and Adolescents |journal=Psychiatric Times |volume=25 |issue=10|year=2008 |url=http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/adhd/article/10168/1286863}}</ref>  Y (REMOVED from article)
<ref name=smfttadhdebp>{{Cite journal| last = Bailly | first = Lionel | year = 2005 | title = Stimulant medication for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: evidence-b(i)ased practice? | journal = Psychiatric Bulletin | volume = 29 | issue = 8 | pages = 284–287 | publisher = The Royal College of Psychiatrists| doi = 10.1192/pb.29.8.284 | url = | format = Full text | quote = }}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? The content that this article/reference is supporting seems neutral and non-controversial - not sure there is a problem here?--MrADHD | T@1k? 16:38, 9 June 2013 (UTC) Removed and replaced with a better reference and content adjusted accordingly. Resolved.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:12, 27 June 2013 (UTC) This article is presented as "Opinion and debate", can you find a source that provides a review without trying to argue a side?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.continuingedcourses.net/active/courses/course003.php|title=Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Nature, Course, Outcomes, and Comorbidity|last=Barkley|first=Russel A.|accessdate=2006-06-26| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060708212749/http://www.continuingedcourses.net/active/courses/course003.php?PHPSESSID=f9475dca7e56685b896a230bd38212a0| archivedate= 8 July 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref name="Gizer_2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Gizer | first1 = IR. | last2 = Ficks | first2 = C. | last3 = Waldman | first3 = ID. | title = Candidate gene studies of ADHD: a meta-analytic review. | journal = Hum Genet | volume = 126 | issue = 1 | pages = 51–90 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1007/s00439-009-0694-x | PMID=19506906|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19506906: Meta-Analysis, Review
<ref name="pmid21432600">{{cite journal |author=Arcos-Burgos M, Muenke M |title=Toward a better understanding of ADHD: LPHN3 gene variants and the susceptibility to develop ADHD |journal=Atten Defic Hyperact Disord |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=139–47 |year=2010 |month=November |pmid=21432600|pmc=3280610 |doi=10.1007/s12402-010-0030-2 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 21432600: Review
<ref name ="Elliott">{{cite journal|author=Elliott R |year=2003 |title=Executive functions and their disorders |journal=British Medical Bulletin |issue=65 |pages=49–59}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 12697616: Review; 2003 is relatively old but it's just being used for a very basic definition
<ref>{{cite journal|author=Chan RCK, Shum D, Toulopoulou T, Chen EYH |title=Assessment of executive functions: Review of instruments and identification of critical issues|journal=Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology|year=2008|volume=23|series=2|issue=2|pages=201–216|doi=10.1016/j.acn.2007.08.010|pmid=18096360|first1=R|last2=Shum|first2=D|last3=Toulopoulou|first3=T|last4=Chen|first4=E}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18096360: Review
<ref name="Willcutt_2005">{{Cite journal | last1 = Willcutt | first1 = EG. | last2 = Doyle | first2 = AE. | last3 = Nigg | first3 = JT. | last4 = Faraone | first4 = SV. | last5 = Pennington | first5 = BF. | title = Validity of the executive function theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analytic review. | url =http://psych.colorado.edu/~willcutt/pdfs/Willcutt_2005_BP.pdf | format = PDF | journal = Biol Psychiatry | volume = 57 | issue = 11 | pages = 1336–46 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.02.006 | PMID=15950006|}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 15950006: Meta-Analysis, Review; not sure about this, used to source " One of the primary neuropsychologic theories of ADHD suggests..." but the paper is from 2005, is that still the primary such theories? otherwise OK <---  Y I have used a newer reference for this statement. The reference is still in use for less controversial text. Is that okay?--MrADHD | T@1k? 18:50, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite journal | pmid=20406332| title=Validating neuropsychological subtypes of ADHD: how do children with and without an executive function deficit differ? | author=Lambek R, Tannock R, Dalsgaard S, Trillingsgaard A, Damm D, Thomsen PH | journal=Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry | year=2010 | volume=51 | issue=8 | pages=895–904 | doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02248.x}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20406332: primary
<ref name =Nass>{{cite journal | pmid=16780291| title=Evaluation and assessment issues in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | author=Nass RD | journal=Seminars in Pediatric Neurology | year=2005 | month=Dec | volume=12 | issue=4 | pages=200–16 | doi=10.1016/j.spen.2005.12.002}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16780291: Evaluation Studies, Review
<ref name="Nigg_2005">{{Cite journal | last1 = Nigg | first1 = JT. | last2 = Willcutt | first2 = EG. | last3 = Doyle | first3 = AE. | last4 = Sonuga-Barke | first4 = EJ. | title = Causal heterogeneity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: do we need neuropsychologically impaired subtypes? | format = PDF |url = http://pingpong.ki.se/public/pp/public_courses/course07292/published/0/resourceId/0/content/Nigg_etal_2005%20%28Thorell%29.pdf | journal = Biol Psychiatry | volume = 57 | issue = 11 | pages = 1224–30 | month = Jun | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.08.025 | PMID=15949992|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 15949992: Review
<ref name="pmid20200842">{{cite journal |author=Cardo E, Nevot A, Redondo M, ''et al.'' |title=El déficit de atención desorganiza e hiperactividad: ¿un modelo de evolución? |trans_title=Attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity: a pattern of evolution? |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Rev Neurol |volume=50 Suppl 3 |issue= |pages=S143–7 |year=2010 |month=March |pmid=20200842|}}</ref>  Y--Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC)  Y--Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC) PMID 20200842: Review

In Spanish. Maybe English source could be found. Title has been translated. True title (from journal page) is Trastorno por déficit de atención/hiperactividad: ¿un patrón evolutivo? and should be changed or given in English as it appears in pubmed as done in the other Rev Neurol article--Garrondo (talk) 06:53, 8 May 2013 (UTC) Fixed it myself.--Garrondo (talk) 10:24, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

<ref name="pmid_16849269">{{Cite journal|author=Williams J, Taylor E |title=The evolution of hyperactivity, impulsivity and cognitive diversity |journal=J R Soc Interface |volume=3|issue=8 |pages=399–413 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16849269|pmc=1578754 |doi=10.1098/rsif.2005.0102 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16849269
<ref name="pmid21250994">{{cite journal |author=Glover V |title=Annual Research Review: Prenatal stress and the origins of psychopathology: an evolutionary perspective |journal=J Child Psychol Psychiatry |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=356–67 |year=2011 |month=April |pmid=21250994|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02371.x |url=}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 21250994: Review; see below
<ref name="Chen_1999">{{cite journal | author = Chen CS, Burton M, Greenberger E, Dmitrieva J | title = Population migration and the variation of dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) allele frequencies around the globe | journal = Evolution and Human Behavior | volume = 20 | issue = 5 | pages = 309–324 | year = 1999 | month = September | pmid = | doi = 10.1016/S1090-5138(99)00015-X | url = }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="pmid18544160">{{cite journal | author = Eisenberg DT, Campbell B, Gray PB, Sorenson MD | title = Dopamine receptor genetic polymorphisms and body composition in undernourished pastoralists: an exploration of nutrition indices among nomadic and recently settled Ariaal men of northern Kenya | journal = BMC Evol. Biol. | volume = 8 | page = 173 | year = 2008 | pmid=18544160| pmc = 2440754 | doi = 10.1186/1471-2148-8-173 | url = }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18544160: primary
<ref name="Neale_2010">{{Cite journal |displayauthors=9 |last1=Neale |first1=BM |last2=Medland |first2=SE |last3=Ripke |first3=S |last4=Asherson |first4=P |last5=Franke |first5=B. |last6=Lesch |first6=KP |last7=Faraone |first7=SV |last8=Nguyen |first8=TT |last9=Schäfer |first9=H |title=Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |pmc=2928252 |journal=J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry |volume=49 |issue=9 |pages=884–97 |month=Sep |year=2010 |doi=10.1016/j.jaac.2010.06.008 |pmid=20732625|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20732625: Meta-Analysis
<ref name="Burt_2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Burt | first1 = SA | title = Rethinking environmental contributions to child and adolescent psychopathology: a meta-analysis of shared environmental influences. | journal = Psychol Bull | volume = 135 | issue = 4 | pages = 608–37 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1037/a0015702 | pmid=19586164|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19586164: Meta-Analysis
<ref name="Burger_2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Burger | first1 = PH | last2 = Goecke | first2 = TW | last3 = Fasching | first3 = PA | last4 = Moll | first4 = G | last5 = Heinrich | first5 = H | last6 = Beckmann | first6 = MW | last7 = Kornhuber | first7 = J | title = Einfluss des mütterlichen Alkoholkonsums während der Schwangerschaft auf die Entwicklung von ADHS beim Kind |trans_title=How does maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy affect the development of attention deficit/hyperactivity syndrome in the child |language=German | journal = Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr | volume = 79 | issue = 9 | pages = 500–6 | month = Sep | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1055/s-0031-1273360 | pmid=21739408|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 21739408: Review
<ref name="Abbott_2012">{{Cite journal |last1 = Abbott | first1 = LC | last2 = Winzer-Serhan | first2 = UH | title = Smoking during pregnancy: lessons learned from epidemiological studies and experimental studies using animal models. | journal = Crit Rev Toxicol | volume = 42 | issue = 4 | pages = 279–303 | month = Apr | year = 2012 | doi = 10.3109/10408444.2012.658506 | pmid=22394313|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 22394313: Review
<ref>{{cite journal|title=Prenatal smoking exposure and dopaminergic genotypes interact to cause a severe ADHD subtype |author=Neuman RJ, Lobos E, Reich W, Henderson CA, Sun LW, Todd RD |journal=Biol Psychiatry|date=2007 Jun 15|volume=61|issue=12|pages=1320–8|pmid=17157268|laysummary=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070410190421.htm }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 17157268: Twin Study
<ref name="Eubig_2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Eubig | first1 = PA | last2 = Aguiar | first2 = A | last3 = Schantz | first3 = SL | title = Lead and PCBs as risk factors for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder | journal = Environ Health Perspect | volume = 118 | issue = 12 | pages = 1654–67 | month = Dec | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1289/ehp.0901852 | PMID=20829149|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 20829149: Review
<ref name="de Cock_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = de Cock | first1 = M | last2 = Maas | first2 = YG | last3 = van de Bor | first3 = M | title = Does perinatal exposure to endocrine disruptors induce autism spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders? |type=Review | journal = Acta Paediatr | volume = 101 | issue = 8 | pages = 811–8 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02693.x | PMID=22458970|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ??'''''? PMID 22458970: Review; need to come back to this one
<ref name="Thapar_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = Thapar | first1 = A. | last2 = Cooper | first2 = M. | last3 = Jefferies | first3 = R. | last4 = Stergiakouli | first4 = E. | title = What causes attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? | journal = Arch Dis Child | volume = 97 | issue = 3 | pages = 260–5 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300482 | PMID=21903599|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 21903599: Review
<ref name="Eme_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = Eme | first1 = R | title = ADHD: an integration with pediatric traumatic brain injury | journal = Expert Rev Neurother | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 475–83 | month = Apr | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1586/ern.12.15 | PMID=22449218|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22449218: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Millichap JG |title=Etiologic classification of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Pediatrics |volume=121 |issue=2 |pages=e358–65 |year=2008 |month=February |pmid=18245408|doi=10.1542/peds.2007-1332}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18245408: Review
<ref name="Weiss_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = Weiss | first1 = B. | title = Synthetic food colours and neurobehavioral hazards: the view from environmental health research. | journal = Environ Health Perspect | volume = 120 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–5 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1289/ehp.1103827 | PMID=21926033|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 21926033: commentary; as this is a "commentary" it should be attributed to Weiss in-article. <----  Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 17:02, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="Kleinman_2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Kleinman | first1 = RE | last2 = Brown | first2 = RT | last3 = Cutter | first3 = GR | last4 = Dupaul | first4 = GJ | last5 = Clydesdale | first5 = FM | title = A research model for investigating the effects of artificial food colorings on children with ADHD | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 127 | issue = 6 | pages = e1575-84 | month = Jun | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1542/peds.2009-2206 | pmid=21576306|}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 21576306: Review
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/publication/guidelinessotonsixcolours.pdf |title=Guidelines on approaches to the replacement of Tartrazine, Allura Red, Ponceau 4R, Quinoline Yellow, Sunset Yellow and Carmoisine in food and beverages |author=Sarah Chapman |month=March |year=2011 |publisher=[[Food Standards Agency]] |location=United Kingdom |format=PDF }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euro.who.int/document/MNH/ebrief14.pdf |format=PDF |title=Mental health of children and adolescents |date=12–15 January 2005 |accessdate=13 October 2011|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091024102724/http://www.euro.who.int/document/MNH/ebrief14.pdf|archivedate=24 October 2009}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web |title=What keeps children in foster care from succeeding in school? |author=Marni Finkelstein, Mark Wamsley, Doreen Miranda |month=July |year=2002 |publisher= VERA Institute of Justice |url=http://www.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/School_success.pdf |format=PDF |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080306234634/http://www.vera.org/publication_pdf/169_280.pdf |archivedate=2008-03-06}}</ref>  Y  N Would like to see this attributed in-line. <--- attributed to who? The three researchers by name? Is that not too wordy? Or do you mean the institute?--MrADHD | T@1k? 17:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psychminded.co.uk/news/news2004/august04/Clinical%20psychology%20publishes%20critique%20of%20ADHD%20diagnosis%20and%20use%20of%20medication%20on%20children.htm |title=Clinical psychology publishes critique of ADHD diagnosis and use of medication on children |author=Adam James |year=2004 |publisher=Psychminded Ltd |location=United Kingdom }}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Not convinced Adam James at "psychminded.com" is an authoritative expert; one of two sources, is this needed?
<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://cjs.sagepub.com/content/27/2/166.short | title=Neuropsychological Effects of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents | author=Matthew R. Turley John E. Obrzut | journal=Canadian Journal of School Psychology | year=2012 | volume=27 | issue=2 | pages=166–182 | doi=10.1177/0829573512440420}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? This journal is not MEDLINE indexed (not even NLM cataloged) and its domain is school psychology, it seems to be publishing outside its domain, can a better source be found?
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Parens E, Johnston J |title=Facts, values, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): an update on the controversies |journal=Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health |volume=3 |issue=1 |page=1 |year=2009 |pmid=19152690|pmc=2637252 |doi=10.1186/1753-2000-3-1 |url=}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 19152690: commentary; should probably be attributed to the Hastings Center in-line. <--- Are you sure? It is not the viewpoint of Hastings Center - all they did was host a workshop.--MrADHD | T@1k? 17:08, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{Cite book|author=Chriss, James J.|title=Social control: an introduction |publisher=Polity |location=Cambridge, UK |year=2007 |page=230 |isbn=0-7456-3858-9 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{Cite book|author=Szasz, Thomas Stephen |title=Pharmacracy: medicine and politics in America |publisher=Praeger |location=New York |year=2001 |page=212 |isbn=0-275-97196-1 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uptodate.com/online/content/topic.do?topicKey=behavior/8293&selectedTitle=4~150&source=search_result |publisher=uptodate.com |title=Evaluation and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children |accessdate=2008-09-15 |date=5 December 2007}}</ref> (I combined the two Uptodate refs)
<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Krain |first1=Amy |year=2006 |title=Brain development and ADHD |journal=Clinical Psychology Review |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=433–444 |id= |url= |doi=10.1016/j.cpr.2006.01.005 |pmid=16480802|last2=Krain |first2=AL |last3=Castellanos |first3=FX}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16480802: Review
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/diseasemodules/adhd/pathophysiology.jsp |title=MerckMedicus Modules: ADHD – Pathophysiology |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100501074844/http://www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/diseasemodules/adhd/pathophysiology.jsp|archivedate=1 May 2010|date=August 2002}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Annoying that the URL is unavailable, either the original or the archive
<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Bush G, Valera EM, Seidman LJ |title=Functional neuroimaging of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a review and suggested future directions |journal=Biological Psychiatry |volume=57 |issue=11 |pages=1273–84 |year=2005 |month=June |pmid=15949999|doi=10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.01.034}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 15949999: Review; OK for how it's used but it's from 2005, can't anything newer be found? <----  Y done. I have added a newer source.--MrADHD | T@1k? 17:44, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="pmid22294258">{{cite journal |author=Fusar-Poli P, Rubia K, Rossi G, Sartori G, Balottin U |title=Striatal dopamine transporter alterations in ADHD: pathophysiology or adaptation to psychostimulants? A meta-analysis |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=169 |issue=3 |pages=264–72 |year=2012 |month=March |pmid=22294258|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11060940 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 22294258: Meta-Analysis
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Sikström S, Söderlund G |title=Stimulus-dependent dopamine release in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Psychol Rev |volume=114 |issue=4 |pages=1047–75 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17907872|doi=10.1037/0033-295X.114.4.1047 |url=http://content.apa.org/journals/rev/114/4/1047}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 17907872: Review
<ref name="Cortese_2012">{{Cite journal | last1 = Cortese | first1 = S. | title = The neurobiology and genetics of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): what every clinician should know. | journal = Eur J Paediatr Neurol | volume = 16 | issue = 5 | pages = 422–33 | month = Sep | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.01.009 | PMID=22306277|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22306277: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Longitudinal Mapping of Cortical Thickness and Clinical Outcome in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |journal=Arch Gen Psychiatry |volume=5 |issue=63 |pages=540–549 |year=2006 |pmid=16651511|doi=10.1001/archpsyc.63.5.540 |author1=Philip Shaw, MD |author2=Jason Lerch, PhD |author3=Deanna Greenstein, PhD |author4=Wendy Sharp, MSW |author5=Liv Clasen, PhD |author6=Alan Evans, PhD |author7=Jay Giedd, MD |author8=F. Xavier Castellanos, MD |author9=Judith Rapoport, MD |displayauthors=9}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 16651511: Comparative Study; primary source doesn't appear to mention Leo or Cohen in ref, no secondary source used to establish notability of opinion; possible WP:INTEGRITY issues, ref appears to be applied to wrong thing, check this paragraph and application of refs
<ref name=autogenerated5>{{Cite journal|author=David Cohen |title=An Update on ADHD Neuroimaging Research |journal=The Journal of Mind and Behavior |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=161–166 |year=2004 |publisher=The Institute of Mind and Behavior, Inc |issn =0271–0137 |url=http://psychrights.org/research/Digest/NLPs/neruoimagingupdate.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2009-05-25}}</ref>  Y  N possible WP:INTEGRITY issues, ref appears to be applied to wrong thing, check this paragraph and application of refs; no secondary source used to establish notability of opinion
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=David Cohen |title=Broken brains or flawed studies? A critical review of ADHD neuroimaging studies |journal=The Journal of Mind and Behavior |volume=24 |pages=29–56 |year=2003 |url= }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? (as above for the other Cohen)
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Jessica Andersson |title=Biochemical changes linked to ADHD |journal=All About ADHD |volume=1 |pages=25–32 |year=2011 |url=http://allaboutadhd.com/biochemical-linked-adhd/ }}</ref> style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?  N Don't understand what's going on here, the ref lists author as "Jessica Andersson", but the linked article doesn't mention that name; the article is used to support content about imaging, but the article does not talk about imaging
<ref name="Elder_2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Elder | first1 = TE. | title = The importance of relative standards in ADHD diagnoses: evidence based on exact birth dates. | journal = J Health Econ | volume = 29 | issue = 5 | pages = 641–56 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.06.003 | PMID=20638739|pmc=2933294}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 20638739: research paper; this is a primary source, should be used with attribution in-article. <---Attribute it to the named researcher?--MrADHD | T@1k? 18:07, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="pmid21991721">{{cite journal |author=Berger I |title=Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: much ado about something |url=http://www.ima.org.il/imaj/ar11sep-13.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Isr. Med. Assoc. J. |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=571–4 |year=2011 |month=September |pmid=21991721|doi= }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 21991721: Review
<ref name=NICE2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG72FullGuideline.pdf |format=PDF|title=CG72 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): full guideline |publisher=NHS |author=National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence|authorlink=National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |date=24 September 2008 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071112172200.htm |title=Brain Matures A Few Years Late In ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern |publisher=Sciencedaily.com |date=13 November 2007 |accessdate=2009-05-25|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090429032715/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071112172200.htm|archivedate= 29 April 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? per WP:MEDRS we don't cite the popular-press coverage of the study result (not even ScienceDaily), and this looks primary; can you find the underlying study's PMID? Might be one of these. <--- Y done - removed - resolved.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:21, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name=autogenerated10>{{Cite book|author=Wiener, Jerry M., Editor |title=Textbook Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry|publisher=American Psychiatric Association |location=Washington, DC |year=2003|isbn=1-58562-057-2 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EIgGKcp0SpkC |oclc= }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name=DSM_IV_TR>{{cite book |author= |title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV |publisher=American Psychiatric Association |location=Washington, DC |year=2000|pages=|isbn=0-89042-025-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name=ICD10>{{cite web |url=http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2010/en#/F90 |title=International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) Version for 2010 |year=2010 |publisher=World Health Organisation }}</ref>  Y--Garrondo (talk) 09:16, 8 May 2013 (UTC)  Y--Garrondo (talk) 09:16, 8 May 2013 (UTC) It links to the specific section of "Hyperkinetic disorders" (F90) from the ICD-10. There migh be a better way of citing it to make this clear.--Garrondo (talk) 09:16, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
<ref name=AAP2001>{{Cite journal|author=American Academy of Pediatrics. Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Committee on Quality Improvement |title=Clinical practice guideline: treatment of the school-aged child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Pediatrics |volume=108 |issue=4 |pages=1033–44 |year=2001 |month=October |pmid=11581465|doi=10.1542/peds.108.4.1033 }}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 11581465: Guideline, Practice Guideline; this is the old 2001 guideline, it looks like it has since been updated in 2011, see PMID 22003063, please update the article as necessary. <---  Y resolved - I have updated to the new guidance. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 20:47, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="Kooij_2010">{{Cite journal |last1=Kooij |first1=SJ. |last2=Bejerot |first2=S. |last3=Blackwell |first3=A. |last4=Caci |first4=H. |last5=Casas-Brugué |first5=M. |last6=Carpentier |first6=PJ. |last7=Edvinsson |first7=D. |last8=Fayyad |first8=J. |last9=Foeken |first9=K. |title=European consensus statement on diagnosis and treatment of adult ADHD: The European Network Adult ADHD |url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2942810/ |journal=BMC Psychiatry |volume=10 |pages=67 |year=2010 |doi=10.1186/1471-244X-10-67 |PMID=20815868|displayauthors=9}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20815868: Comparative Study, Review
<ref name=AACAP>{{cite web |url=http://www.aacap.org/cs/adhd_a_guide_for_families/what_is_adhd |title=ADHD – A Guide for Families |year=2010 |publisher=American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry |location=USA }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="pmid11563573">{{Cite journal|author=Smucker WD, Hedayat M |title=Evaluation and treatment of ADHD |journal=American Family Physician |volume=64 |issue=5 |pages=817–29 |year=2001 |month=September |pmid=11563573|url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010901/817.html}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 11563573: Review; isn't 2001 a bit old, aren't there more recent reviews that can be used? Why not use AAP 2011? <--Removed reference and added a newer one and reworded.--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:15, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name=Owens2008>{{Cite journal|author=Owens JA |title=Sleep disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Current Psychiatry Reports |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=439–44 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18803919|doi=10.1007/s11920-008-0070-x}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18803919: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Walters AS, Silvestri R, Zucconi M, Chandrashekariah R, Konofal E |title=Review of the possible relationship and hypothetical links between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the simple sleep related movement disorders, parasomnias, hypersomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders |journal=Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=591–600 |year=2008 |month=December |pmid=19110891|pmc=2603539}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 19110891: Review
<ref name=Owens2005>{{Cite journal|author=Owens JA |title=The ADHD and sleep conundrum: a review |journal=Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=312–22 |year=2005 |month=August |pmid=16100507|doi=10.1097/00004703-200508000-00011}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16100507: Review
<ref>{{Cite book|last= Hirshkowitz |first= Max |editor= Yudofsky, Stuart C. and Robert E. Hales, editors |others= |title= Essentials of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= Google Books preview includes entire chapter 10 |edition= 4 |series= |year= 2004 |publisher= American Psychiatric Publishing |location= Arlington, Virginia, USA |isbn= 978-1-58562-005-0 |oclc= |id= |pages=315–40 |chapter=Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Sleep and Sleep Disorders |chapterurl=http://books.google.no/books?id=XKhu7yb3QtsC&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=%22Max+Hirshkowitz%22&source=bl&ots=Rt5ZMiMbxt&sig=7upt8PudAdiA5f9kk5KGsrfaMQU&hl=no&ei=y-0bS7vFKtTP-QabhdTaDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22Max%20Hirshkowitz%22&f=false |quote= }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="pmid20861593">{{cite journal |author=Wilens TE, Spencer TJ |title=Understanding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from childhood to adulthood |journal=Postgrad Med |volume=122 |issue=5 |pages=97–109 |year=2010 |month=September |pmid=20861593|doi=10.3810/pgm.2010.09.2206 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20861593: Review - DUPLICATE please combine with other one. <--- Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:10, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines|url=http://www.caddra.ca/cms4/pdfs/caddraGuidelines2011Chapter07.pdf|work=Canadian ADHD Alliance|accessdate=4 February 2011}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nigg|first=JT|coauthors=Lewis, K; Edinger, T; Falk, M|title=Meta-analysis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, restriction diet, and synthetic food color additives.|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry|date=2012 Jan|volume=51|issue=1|pages=86–97.e8|pmid=22176942|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22176942: Meta-Analysis
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Fabiano GA, Pelham WE, Coles EK, Gnagy EM, Chronis-Tuscano A, O'Connor BC |title=A meta-analysis of behavioral treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Clinical Psychology Review |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=129–40 |year=2009 |month=March |pmid=19131150|doi=10.1016/j.cpr.2008.11.001}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19131150: Meta-Analysis
<ref name=Clinics09>{{cite journal |author=Kratochvil CJ, Vaughan BS, Barker A, Corr L, Wheeler A, Madaan V |title=Review of pediatric attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder for the general psychiatrist |journal=Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=39–56 |year=2009 |month=March |pmid=19248915|doi=10.1016/j.psc.2008.10.001 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 19248915: Review
<ref>{{cite journal|last=Arns|first=M|coauthors=de Ridder, S, Strehl, U, Breteler, M, Coenen, A|title=Efficacy of neurofeedback treatment in ADHD: the effects on inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity: a meta-analysis|journal=Clinical EEG and neuroscience : official journal of the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ENCS)|date=July 2009|volume=40|issue=3|pages=180–9|pmid=19715181|}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19715181: Meta-Analysis
<ref>{{Cite journal| issn = 1758-0854| volume = 3| issue = 3| pages = 281–303| last = Faber Taylor| first = Andrea| coauthors = Frances E. Kuo| title = Could Exposure to Everyday Green Spaces Help Treat ADHD? Evidence from Children's Play Settings| journal = Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being| date = 1 November 2011| doi =10.1111/j.1758-0854.2011.01052.x}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Primary source; This doesn't appear to be PubMed cataloged and it's used to discuss a disease treatment. <--- Y done - removed.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:17, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite web|last=Kuo|first=Frances|title=Green Play Settings Reduce ADHD Symptoms|url=http://lhhl.illinois.edu/adhd.htm}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? Primary source; This doesn't appear to be PubMed cataloged and it's used to discuss a disease treatment; However, Kuo has published something on this that IS PubMed indexed, consider PMID 15333318 (although that is primary). <-- Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:16, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Pliszka S |title=Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=46 |issue=7 |pages=894–921 |year=2007 |month=July |pmid=17581453|doi=10.1097/chi.0b013e318054e724 |author2=AACAP Work Group on Quality Issues}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 17581453: Practice Guideline, Review
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab005042.html|title=Family therapy for attention-deficit disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents |accessdate=2008-09-19 |author=Bjornstad GJ, Montgomery P|publisher=The Cochrane Collaboration |date=20 April 2005 }}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 15846741: Cochrane review;
<ref name=CNS09>{{cite journal |author=Wigal SB |title=Efficacy and safety limitations of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder pharmacotherapy in children and adults |journal=CNS Drugs |volume=23 Suppl 1 |pages=21–31 |year=2009 |pmid=19621975|doi=10.2165/00023210-200923000-00004 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 19621975: Review
<ref name="pmid22420008">{{cite journal |author=McDonagh MS, Peterson K, Thakurta S, Low A |title=Drug Class Review: Pharmacologic Treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |publisher=U.S. Library of Medicine |month=December |year=2011 |pmid=22420008|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK84419}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 22420008: book
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Greenhill LL, Posner K, Vaughan BS, Kratochvil CJ |title=Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in preschool children |journal=Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=347–66, ix |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18295150|doi=10.1016/j.chc.2007.11.004}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18295150: Review
<ref name="hta.ac.uk">{{Cite journal|author=King S, Griffin S, Hodges Z |title=A systematic review and economic model of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of methylphenidate, dexamfetamine and atomoxetine for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents |journal=Health Technology Assessment |volume=10 |issue=23 |pages=iii–iv, xiii–146 |year=2006 |month=July |pmid=16796929|url=http://www.hta.ac.uk/execsumm/summ1023.htm}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16796929: Review; this is from 2006, used to support time-sensitive content talking about the current state of research knowledge, hasn't there been a more recent review? <--- Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:19, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mosholder|first=AD|coauthors=Gelperin, K, Hammad, TA, Phelan, K, Johann-Liang, R|title=Hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms associated with the use of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder drugs in children|journal=Pediatrics|date=February 2009|volume=123|issue=2|pages=611–6|pmid=19171629|doi=10.1542/peds.2008-0185}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19171629: Review
<ref name="pmid20571380">{{cite journal |author=Kraemer M, Uekermann J, Wiltfang J, Kis B |title=Methylphenidate-induced psychosis in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: report of 3 new cases and review of the literature |journal=Clin Neuropharmacol |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=204–6 |year=2010 |month=July |pmid=20571380|doi=10.1097/WNF.0b013e3181e29174 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20571380: Case Reports, Review
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medical Association |first1=British |authorlink1=British Medical Association |title=British National Formulary |edition=54 |year=2007 |month=September |publisher=[[Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain]] |location=UK |isbn=978-0-85369-736-7 |page=212 |chapter=4 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? note it'd be nice if you could fill in the full name of the chapter, instead of just "4". <--- Y done. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:25, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK47127/|title=Black box warnings of ADHD drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration|year=2009|author=Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon|publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine}}</ref>  Y  N Need to accurify to source here: the source only makes a general statement about amphetamines, not all stimulants; consider "Additionally, stimulant medications approved for treating ADHD have the potential for abuse and dependence."?
<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines|url=http://www.caddra.ca/cms4/pdfs/caddraGuidelines2011Introduction.pdf|work=Canadian ADHD Alliance|accessdate=4 February 2011}}</ref>  Y  Y
<ref name="Dodig_Curkovic_2009">{{Cite journal | last1 = Dodig-Curković | first1 = K. | last2 = Dovhanj | first2 = J. | last3 = Curković | first3 = M. | last4 = Dodig-Radić | first4 = J. | last5 = Degmecić | first5 = D. | title = [The role of zinc in the treatment of hyperactivity disorder in children]. | journal = Acta Med Croatica | volume = 63 | issue = 4 | pages = 307–13 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = | PMID=20034331|}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20034331: Review => can you replace this with PMID 22232312 ?? it's a much more reputable journal. <-- Y done, deleted.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:23, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name=Molina2009>{{Cite journal|author=Molina BS, Hinshaw SP, Swanson JM, et al |title=The MTA at 8 years: prospective follow-up of children treated for combined-type ADHD in a multisite study |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=48 |issue=5 |pages=484–500 |year=2009 |month=May |pmid=19318991|pmc=3063150 |doi=10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819c23d0}}</ref>  N  N PMID 19318991: Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial; primary source from 2009, can't you find a more recent review that incorporates this? either way, can't use a primary study to make unqualified statement, if you can't find a review you have to qualify the article content to the source
<ref>{{cite news |title=Ritalin gone wrong |author= Sroufe LA |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/childrens-add-drugs-dont-work-long-term.html |newspaper= New York Times |date=28 January 2012 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? popular-press opinion column fails WP:MEDRS for the content it's supporting. <--- Y done - removed.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:06, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="BarkleyContEd">{{cite web|url=http://www.continuingedcourses.net/active/courses/course003.php |title=Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Nature, Course, Outcomes, and Comorbidity. |accessdate=2008-09-19 |work=Barkley, Russell | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080917160155/http://www.continuingedcourses.net/active/courses/course003.php| archivedate= 17 September 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{PDFlink|http://web.archive.org/web/20070621111922/http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/0000000b/80/22/94/d6.pdf|562 KB}}</ref>  N  N this is very old; my reading of it says 35% and not 50% don't complete HS, and it doesn't appear to be the 1994 source cited... <--- Y Deleted per problems with this reference.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="adhd_superman">{{Cite book| last = Cimera| first = Robert| title = Making ADHD a gift: teaching Superman how to fly| publisher = Scarecrow Press, Inc.| year = 2002 | location = Lanham, Maryland| page = 116| url = http://www.rowmaneducation.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810843196| isbn = 0-8108-4318-8| accessdate = 2009-05-02}}</ref> style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? {{dead link}}; isn't the article content this is supporting also supported by the "eric.ed.gov" document? <--- I removed the eric.ed.gov link and I found the working URL for this book and added it to the reference so this issue is resolved.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:04, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="us_census_2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html|title=College Degree Nearly Doubles Annual Earnings, Census Bureau Reports|accessdate=2 October 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050330044033/http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/004214.html|archivedate=30 March 2005}}</ref>  Y  N source doesn't quite says what article says, source says 28% of those 25 or older self-reported at least a bachelors. <--- Y Done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:01, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="Jensen PS, Arnold LE, Swanson JM 2007 989_1002">{{Cite journal|author=Jensen PS, Arnold LE, Swanson JM |title=3-year follow-up of the NIMH MTA study |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |volume=46 |issue=8 |pages=989–1002 |year=2007 |month=August |pmid=17667478|doi=10.1097/CHI.0b013e3180686d48}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 17667478: Clinical Trial; primary
<ref name=TI2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.ti.ubc.ca/letter69 |title=What is the evidence for using CNS stimulants to treat ADHD in children? | Therapeutics Initiative |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100906205955/http://www.ti.ubc.ca/letter69|archivedate=6 September 2010}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name=Balint2008>{{Cite journal|author=Bálint S, Czobor P, Mészáros A, Simon V, Bitter I |title=[Neuropsychological impairments in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a literature review] |language=Hungarian |journal=Psychiatr Hung |volume=23|issue=5 |pages=324–35 |year=2008 |pmid=19129549|url=}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19129549: Review
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/prevalence.html |title=CDC – ADHD, Prevalence – NCBDDD }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref name="Polanczyk">{{Cite journal|author=Polanczyk G, de Lima MS, Horta BL, Biederman J, Rohde LA |title=The worldwide prevalence of ADHD: a systematic review and metaregression analysis |journal=The American Journal of Psychiatry |volume=164 |issue=6 |pages=942–8 |year=2007 |month=June |pmid=17541055|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.164.6.942}}</ref>  Y  N PMID 17541055: Meta-Analysis, Review; pls use this from the source "this variability seems to be explained primarily by the methodological characteristics of studies" - I think they're saying that kids everywhere have ADHD but diagnostic criteria aren't being applied uniformly? <---  Y done. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:00, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite web|url=http://www.loni.ucla.edu/Research/Projects/ADHD.shtml#CurrentResearch |title=LONI: Laboratory of Neuro Imaging |accessdate=2008-09-19 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080906160442/http://www.loni.ucla.edu/Research/Projects/ADHD.shtml| archivedate=6 September 2008 | deadurl= no}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ADHD/ |title=ADHD Home |author=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |authorlink=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |date=October 17, 2013 |publisher=CDC.gov |location=USA }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_221.pdf |format=PDF |title=Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2002 |author=CDC.gov |month=March |year=2004 |series=10 Number 221 |publisher=CDC.gov |location=USA }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Staller J, Faraone SV |title=Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in girls: epidemiology and management |journal=CNS Drugs |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=107–23 |year=2006 |pmid=16478287|doi=10.2165/00023210-200620020-00003}}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 16478287: Review
<ref>{{cite journal |year=2001 |month=May |title=An early description of ADHD (inattentive subtype): Dr Alexander Crichton and 'Mental restlessness' (1798) |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=66–73 |authors=Palmer ED, Finger S |journal=Child and Adolescent Mental Health |doi=10.1111/1475-3588.00324 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crichton |first1=Andrew |title=An inquiry into the nature and origin of mental derangement: comprehending a concise system of the physiology and pathology of the human mind and a history of the passions and their effects |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/An_inquiry_into_the_nature_and_origin_of.html?id=OMAtAAAAYAAJ |year=1798 |publisher=AMS Press |location=United Kingdom |page=271 }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web |author=Bland J |year=2002 |title=About gender: testosterone and aggression – childhood |url=http://www.gender.org.uk/about/06encrn/63gaggrs.htm }}</ref>  N  N looks WP:SELFPUBLISHED, could only find support for "minimal brain disorder" but not the others; this is unneeded, just use Millichap. <--- Y done. Resolved. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 20:57, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Millichap |first1=J. Gordon |title=Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Handbook |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTWLzYgQWqEC&pg=PA2 |type= |edition= |series= |volume= |year=2010 |month=April |publisher=Springer Verlag Gmbh |isbn=978-1-4419-1409-5 |pages=2–3 |chapter=1. Definition and History of ADHD }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Patrick KS, Straughn AB, Perkins JS, González MA |title=Evolution of stimulants to treat ADHD: transdermal methylphenidate |journal=Human Psychopharmacology |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=1–17 |year=2009 |month=January |pmid=19051222|pmc=2629554 |doi=10.1002/hup.992}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 19051222: Review
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/8343367 |title='I'm passionate about life'|publisher=msnbc.msn.com|date=25 June 2005 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>  N this video of Tom Cruise is a primary source and can't establish his rantings opinions are notable, just replace this with a secondary source covering it, try PMID 16075033 <--- Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 20:51, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7093944.stm |title=Peer calls for ADHD care review |publisher=BBC News |date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC must broadcast apology over inaccurate Panorama programme |author=Singh A |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7307972/BBC-must-broadcast-apology-over-inaccurate-Panorama-programme.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2208429/|title=Doping Deficit Disorder. Need performance-enhancing drugs? Claim ADHD|first=William|last=Saletan|publisher=Slate|date=12 January 2009|accessdate=2009-05-02| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090521114505/http://www.slate.com/id/2208429/| archivedate= 21 May 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? You're far too kind here! The article could put a sharper point on this without editorializing. <---  Y done - I think - I have updated the text as suggested.--MrADHD | T@1k? 20:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref>{{PDFlink|[http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf Green List: Annex to the annual statistical report on psychotropic substances (form P)]|1.63 MB}} 23rd edition. August 2003. International Narcotics Board, Vienna International Centre. Retrieved 2 March 2006</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? {{dead link}} <--- resolved by replacing with more recent version of this green paper.--MrADHD | T@1k? 18:13, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="pmid18384709">{{cite journal |author=Kollins SH |title=A qualitative review of issues arising in the use of psycho-stimulant medications in patients with ADHD and co-morbid substance use disorders |journal=Curr Med Res Opin |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=1345–57 |year=2008 |month=May |pmid=18384709|doi=10.1185/030079908X280707 |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18384709: Review
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs/drug-law/ |title=Drugs and the law |author=Home Office |authorlink=Home Office |year=2010 |work=The Misuse of Drugs Act |publisher=HomeOffice.gov.uk |location=United Kingdom }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/137F8D140900404ACA25797C00019C1A/$FILE/Schedule%208%20permit%20requirements%20plus%20notification%20requirements.doc |title=Information for medical practitioners |author=Department of Health |authorlink=Department of Health and Ageing |month=September |year=2010 |publisher=Australian Government |location=Australia |format=DOC }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ?
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Foreman, DM |title=Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: legal and ethical aspects |journal=Archives of Disease in Childhood |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=192–4 |year=2006 |month=February |pmid=16428370|pmc=2082674 |doi=10.1136/adc.2004.064576}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16428370: Review
<ref name="Faraone 2005">{{cite journal |author = Faraone, Stephen V | year = 2005 | title = The scientific foundation for understanding attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a valid psychiatric disorder | journal = Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry | volume = 14 | issue = 1| pages = 1–10 | pmid=15756510|doi=10.1007/s00787-005-0429-z }}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 15756510: Review
<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cormier E |title=Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a review and update |journal=J Pediatr Nurs |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=345–57 |year=2008 |month=October |pmid=18804015|doi=10.1016/j.pedn.2008.01.003 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0882-5963(08)00005-5}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 18804015: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Ashton H, Gallagher P, Moore B |title=The adult psychiatrist's dilemma: psychostimulant use in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder |journal=J. Psychopharmacol. (Oxford) |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=602–10 |year=2006 |month=September |pmid=16478756|doi=10.1177/0269881106061710 |url=http://jop.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/20/5/602}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16478756: Review
<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Lakhan, SE; Hagger-Johnson, GE |title=The impact of prescribed psychotropics on youth |journal=Clin Pract Epidemol Ment Health |volume=3 |issue= 1|page=21 |year=2007 |pmid=17949504|pmc=2100041 |doi=10.1186/1745-0179-3-21 |url=http://www.cpementalhealth.com/content/3/1/21}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 17949504: paper
<ref name=psychotic2006>{{cite journal |author=Ross, RG |title=Psychotic and manic-like symptoms during stimulant treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |journal=Am J Psychiatry |volume=163 |issue=7 |pages=1149–52 |year=2006 |month=July |pmid=16816217|doi=10.1176/appi.ajp.163.7.1149 |url=http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/7/1149}}</ref>  N style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 16816217: Case Reports; this looks like a primary study case report, can't see the body of the article, can you just verify you're only using the background section as a review?
<ref name="Baron_2011">{{Cite journal | last1 = Baron | first1 = DA. | last2 = Pato | first2 = MT. | last3 = Cyr | first3 = RL. | title = Treatment of adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. |journal = J Am Osteopath Assoc | volume = 111 | issue = 11 | pages = 610–4 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID=22104513|}}</ref>  Y  Y--Garrondo (talk) 20:48, 26 June 2013 (UTC) PMID 22104513: Review.

Redundant ref that can be eliminated: used only twice, in lead and adult section, to source the same statement on prevalence (2-5%) and both times accompanied by another ref (kooij) that gives the same number, its open and of similar quality.--Garrondo (talk) 20:48, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

<ref name="pmid21494335">{{cite journal |author=Culpepper, L, Mattingly G |title=Challenges in identifying and managing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults in the primary care setting: a review of the literature |journal=Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages= |year=2010 |pmid=21494335|pmc=3067998 |doi=10.4088/PCC.10r00951pur |url=}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 21494335: literature review; article could say most adults and not just "many" <---  Y done.--MrADHD | T@1k? 19:43, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="Art.218">{{Cite journal|title=Adult ADHD: Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, and Medication Management |publisher=Psychiatrymmc.com |volume=3 |issue=8 |last=Gentile |first=Julie |pmc=2957278|pmid=20963192|year=2006 |month=August |pages=25–30|last2=Atiq|first2=R|last3=Gillig|first3=PM|journal=Psychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township))}}</ref>  Y style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center; " class="table-Un­known" | ? PMID 20963192: ?; I bet the sentences this source is used to support are the reasons why you wrote this article
<ref name=Ant2008>{{cite journal |author=Antshel, KM |title=Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the context of a high intellectual quotient/giftedness |journal=Dev Disabil Res Rev |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=293–9 |year=2008 |pmid=19072757|doi=10.1002/ddrr.34 }}</ref>  Y  Y PMID 19072757: Review; use Ok after some tweaking (by me) of content to follow more closely source.--Garrondo (talk) 10:15, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
<ref name="pmid21977044">{{cite journal |author=Vaivre-Douret L |title=Developmental and cognitive characteristics of "high-level potentialities" (highly gifted) children |journal=Int J Pediatr |volume=2011 |issue= |pages=420297 |year=2011 |pmid=21977044|pmc=3184407 |doi=10.1155/2011/420297 |url=}}</ref>  Y  N--Garrondo (talk) 07:29, 26 June 2013 (UTC) PMID 21977044: study

While pubmed considers it a study, when reading it it seems closer to a review; However, it is a review on high functioning children, and not specifically ADHD. Moreover it only has a 3 paragraphs in the whole article in connection with learning disabilities, and only one from those (the one cited) on ADHD, consisting in a citation from a primary source. I copy here all the text from the article on ADHD:

In a recent study, Loureiro et al. have shown that highly gifted children with ADHD have a particular neuropsychological profile with an important difference (at least 20 points) between verbal IQ and performance IQ at Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC III) when compared to highly gifted children without ADHD.

Comment on ADHD in the article is so tangential that the source cannot be considered a reliable secondary source. --Garrondo (talk) 07:29, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

The fact that the reference focuses on a narrow subject (cognitive and developmental issues in high intelligent children) makes it a higher quality source. We want focused sources rather than sources that skim over lots of bits of information. It would of course be better if more time was given to ADHD in this article but there is not a huge amount of research in high intelligence ADHD children. This large gap occurs in autism spectrum disorder and could contribute to a misdiagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in a high IQ ADHD child - how does it benefit our readers to remove this content from this article? I think that it is a disservice to our readers to remove this content from the article as it is an important finding in high IQ ADHD youth. Thoughts?--MrADHD | T@1k? 23:41, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
I copy discussion to talk, so as not to clutter review.--Garrondo (talk) 06:42, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

General

  • Normalize references to U.S. / US / USA / United States, make all references same, probably "United States"
    •  Y fixed now

MOS compliance

Lead

  • Following sources are used only in lead and not in body. Generally the article lead should not have sources or content that aren't covered in the body:
    • Bray 2011, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CDC "ADHD Diagnosis", A.D.A.M, Nair 2006, Rader 2009, Van Cleave 2008, others...
For a specific example, look at the epidemiology information, it's sourced in the lead but unsourced in the body. It really should be the other way around.
  •  Y Fixed now
  • According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), symptoms emerge before seven years of age. - are there other noteworthy "official" diagnoses other than the DSM? If not, this sort of attribution is probably not necessary. To more closely reflect the source, consider "A diagnosis requires that significant symptoms appear before age 7."
    •  Y Fixed now
  • and is diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school-aged children. - does this need to be localized to the USA?
    • X Not addressed yet; the journal article used cites uptodate.com, I don't have access, can you please ask Doc James to check out whether uptodate.com localizes this figure of "2 to 16 percent" to the USA or not? I've often seen that the writing in country-specific journals (this one's named "American Family Physician") assume the scope of their country and not a global scope.
      • I went ahead and put this question to Doc on his User Talk page. Zad68 15:41, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
        • Answer is: The article content stating 2 to 16 percent should be qualified as in the USA.
          •  Y fixed
  • There are three subtypes of the disorder which consist of it being predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI or ADHD-I), predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI or ADHD-H), or the two combined (ADHD-C), which shows all three difficulties. - consider: There are three subtypes of the disorder: predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI or ADHD-I), predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI or ADHD-H), or the two combined (ADHD-C), which shows all three difficulties.
    •  Y fixed
  • ADHD impacts school-aged children - the use of impacts as a verb isn't standard English usage, consider "ADHD affects school-aged children"
    •  Y fixed

Signs and symptoms

  • Predominantly inattentive type symptoms as listed by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health may include:[21] - agreement problem with the following bullet items, which are all introduced with present-tense verbs; consider changing to "According to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, an individual with inattentive-type symptoms may:"
    • Doc James made a change in this area but the issue is still there
      •  Y fixed now
  • Same sort of fix needs to be done for Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type symptoms may include and and also these manifestations primarily of impulsivity
    • Doc James made a change in this area but the issue is still there
      •  Y fixed now
  • The article is quoting big chunks of the NIMH document. I think that's actually OK as it's the public domain product of the US Gov't, but I put in a question to Moonriddengirl to make sure it's OK.
Associated disorders
  • Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, which occur with ADHD at a rate of 50 percent and 20 percent respectively, - should say 'approximately'
    •  Y Fixed now
  • Inattention and hyperactive behavior are not necessarily the only problems in children with ADHD. ADHD exists alone in only about 1/3 of the children diagnosed with it.[citation needed] The combination of ADHD with other conditions can greatly complicate diagnosis and treatment. Many co-existing (comorbid) conditions require other courses of treatment and should be diagnosed separately instead of being grouped in the ADHD diagnosis.[citation needed] - need sources
    •  Y Fixed now
  • Anxiety disorders, have been found to occur more commonly in the ADHD population. - comma unneeded
  • serious substance misuse problems should be treated first due to the serious risks and impairments that occur,[10]:p.38[32] with long-term alcohol misuse and long-term cannabis misuse and other drug misuse. - needs to be reworded per WP:MEDMOS to avoid sounding prescriptive (the part stating "X should be treated first"), reword to something like "those treated for X first have better outcomes or prognosis"
    •  Y Fixed now
  • Restless legs syndrome, is associated with ADHD and is often due to iron deficiency anaemia. - consider "Restless legs syndrome. This is associated with ADHD and is often due to iron deficiency anaemia."
    •  Y Acceptable now
  • Sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, can cause neurocognitive and behavioural symptoms - needs same fix as restless legs
    •  Y Acceptable now
  • Anxiety and depression are some of the disorders that can accompany ADHD. Academic studies, and research in private practice suggest that depression in ADHD appears to be increasingly prevalent in children as they get older, with a higher rate of increase in girls than in boys, and to vary in prevalence with the subtype of ADHD. - unsourced
    •  Y Fixed now, was duplicate, removed

Cause

Genetics
  • Hyperactivity also seems to be primarily a genetic condition; however, other causes have been identified.[46] - Sourced to Barkley's on-line course. On further reflection, this on-line course does not really meet WP:MEDRS and so a better source needs to be found. Can this be sourced to PMID 22105624?
    •  Y fixed now
Executive function
  • however, "EF weaknesses are neither necessary nor sufficient to cause all cases of ADHD".[50] - need to mention who you're quoting here, like as Willcutt et al. explain, "EF weaknesses are neither necessary nor sufficient to cause all cases of ADHD".[50]
  • Both Willcutt 2005 and Nass 2005 are really insufficient sources here per WP:MEDDATE, especially as there are plenty of more up-to-date sources that cover the same thing, and as the sources themselves say that the investigation of EF related to ADHD has been an area of active research we really need to use more up-to-date sourcing. The full text of Brown 2008 can be found here, would you please remove Willcutt 2005 and Nass 2005 and redo the EF content as necessary using Brown 2008 and other more up-to-date sourcing. Also why not insert that URL in the Brown 2008 ref.
    •  Y fixed now
Evolution
  • At more than 1 percent of the population, researchers have proposed - this says that researchers make up more than 1 percent of the population, consider "Researchers have proposed that the high prevalence of ADHD - more than 1 percent of the population - may be due..."
    •  Y fixed now
  • The entire Evolution section really isn't a "Cause" by itself per se but provides the background for the genetics. Consider moving this section in with Genetics
    •  Y This suggestion was declined but still OK for GA
  • Consistent with this, another group of researchers observed that the health status of nomadic Ariaal men was higher if they had the ADHD associated genetic variant (7R alleles). However in recently sedentary (non-nomadic) Ariaal those with 7R alleles seemed to have slightly worse health.[58] - this is all based on an orphaned primary source, can you provide a secondary source to show that WP:DUEWEIGHT is satisfied?
    •  Y fixed, now sourced to acceptable secondary source (book by Kiaris)
Environmental
  • Section name "Environmental" should be renamed "Environment" for consistency
    •  Y fixed now
  • Exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy impairs normal development of the feotus including the central nervous system and can increase the risk of the child being diagnosed with ADHD - needs commas
    •  Y fixed now
  • Children exposed to lead, even relatively low levels of lead - consider "Children exposed to even relatively low levels of lead"
    •  Y fixed now
  • however, the evidence is not definitive as 5 of 17 studies failed to find an association.[65] - generally, avoid talking about the underlying studies, just summarize the quality of the evidence
    •  Y fixed now
  • Diet: Weiss and food colorings - I'm concerned undue weight is being given to his views. I took a quick look at his literature and citations and he seems to have a minority view. Are there no other diet factors being studied besides food colorings? What about sugar and fats?
Why? :-O It is not really his views per se - he is just reviewing the literature and summarizing the history of this issue. Sugar and fats are not associated with ADHD from my understanding. Although I believe there is some evidence for omega 3 fatty acids. I have added some more content regarding omega 3 fatty acids to the medication section. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 21:49, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 Y ok
Social
  • Rename subsection as "Relationships" or something like it, needs to be a noun to match the other subsections
    •  Y suggestion was declined but it's acceptable
  • Other researchers believe that relationships with caregivers have a profound effect on attentional and self-regulatory abilities. A study of foster children found that a high number of them had symptoms closely resembling ADHD.[73] - sourcing is insufficient, it's primary, from 2002, I can't find any relevant specialized academic credentials for the lead author Finkelstein, and the paper is the non-peer-reviewed product of an advocacy organization. This content needs to be removed or attributed to a better source.
    •  Y fixed now as removed

Diagnosis

  • ADHD is diagnosed three to four times more commonly in boys than in girls - consider "more often"
    •  Y reworded now
  • Factors other than those within the DSM or ICD, however, have been found to affect the diagnosis in clinical practice. For example, a study found that the youngest children in a class are much more likely to be diagnosed as having ADHD compared to their older counterparts in the same year. This is because these children may behave more hyperactively, not because they have ADHD, but because they are younger and developmentally behind their classmates. It is estimated that about 20 percent of children given a diagnosis of ADHD are misdiagnosed because of the month they were born.[85] - a lot of emphasis is being given here to an individual primary study, it seems WP:UNDUE, please trim back or find secondary source to support.
    •  Y trimmed back
  • The previously-used term ADD expired with the most recent revision of the DSM - which is the most recent version referred to here, IV or V? Which was the last one ADD was used in?
    •  Y reworded/fixed now
Classification
  • OK
DSM-IV
  • DSM-V was just released, would it be possible for you to add that?
    •  Y Fixed now
ICD-10
  • OK
Other guidelines
  • Additionally other neurodevelopmental disorders), as well as tics - extra parenthesis?
    •  Y fixed now
  • Can the AACAP's guidelines be done as prose instead of a bullet list per WP:USEPROSE?
    •  Y suggestion declined but acceptable for GA
Differential
  • Symptoms of ADHD such as low mood and poor self-image, mood swings, and irritability can be confused with dysthymia, cyclothymia or bipolar disorder as well as with borderline personality disorder,[1] - should prob. end with period not comma
    •  Y fixed now

Management

  • ok
Psychosocial
  • It is recommended first line in - the recommended first line treatment?
    •  Y fixed now (had to add back the start of the sentence that went missing)
  • and outdoor activities.[102] - this is the only treatment listed here that is sourced to a primary source, and it's out of date. Are there up-to-date secondary sources that cover outdoor/"green" treatment?
    •  Y fixed now as removed
Medication
  •  Y - this is one of the more well-done sections  

Prognosis

  • Smucker 2001, WP:MEDDATE problem, is still being used alongside newer source, can this source be removed?
    •  Y fixed now as removed
  • In the United States, 37 percent of those with ADHD do not get a high school diploma even though many of them will receive special education services.[46] - Sourced to Barkley, which isn't sufficient. Can you find the underlying source Barkley uses to source this statement? Otherwise the statement can probably just be removed
    •  Y fixed now as removed

Epidemiology

  • or that females with ADHD are less likely to be diagnosed than males - why?
    •  Y fixed now, explanation provided

History

  • a little thin, but acceptable for GA
    •  Y I see some more content added, good
  • Amphetamines (Benzedrine) was the first medication approved for use in the United States with methyphenidate introduced in the 1950s and dextroamphetamine (Dexadrine) in the 1970s. - a few errors here, consider "In the 1930s, the amphetamine mixture Benzedrine was the first medication approved for use in the United States. Methylphenidate was introduced in the 1950s, and dextroamphetamine (Dexadrine) in the 1970s."
    •  Y as amended

Society and culture

  • A number of notable individuals have given controversial opinions on ADHD. Scientologist Tom Cruise has referred to the ADHD medications Ritalin and Adderall as being "street drugs" - this viewpoint (as well as his other viewpoints on psychiatry) has received criticism - for example the doses of stimulants used in the treatment of ADHD do not cause behavioural addiction and there is some evidence of a reduced risk of later substance addiction in children who had their ADHD treated with stimulants.[133] - please break up run-on sentence, and as the response is also published as an opinion it needs to be attributed to the author Neill
    • X almost there - the response still needs to be attributed in-line to Neill
      •  Y fixed now
  • Scientologist, Baroness ... a leading neuroscientist - should remove these qualifiers, they are editorializing, if readers want backgrounds on these individuals they can click on the Wikilinks
    •  Y fixed now
  • In England Baroness Susan Greenfield, a leading neuroscientist, spoke out publicly in 2007 in the House of Lords about the need for a wide-ranging inquiry into the dramatic increase in the diagnosis of ADHD in the UK and possible causes following a BBC Panorama programme that highlighted US research (The Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD by the University of Buffalo) suggesting drugs are no better than other forms of therapy for ADHD in the long term.[134] - please break up run-on sentence
    •  Y fixed now
Controversies
  • With a "wide variation in diagnosis across states, races, and ethnicities" some investigators suspect that factors other than neurological conditions play a role when the diagnosis of ADHD is made.[85] - if you have a quote like this you have to attribute it in the content, state who is saying it
This is not a direct quote and should not have been placed in quotations so I just deleted the quotations. :-)--MrADHD | T@1k? 11:28, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Special populations

Adults
  • Some ADHD symptoms in adults differ from those seen in children — for example whereas children with ADHD may climb and run about excessively, adults may experience an inability to relax and talk excessively in social situations. - consider "Some ADHD symptoms in adults differ from those seen in children. For example, while children with ADHD may climb and run about excessively, adults may experience an inability to relax, and talk excessively in social situations."
    •  Y fixed now
  • Adults with ADHD may start relationships impulsively and may display sensation seeking behaviour and be short-tempered. - consider "Adults with ADHD may start relationships impulsively, display sensation-seeking behaviour, and be short-tempered."
    •  Y fixed now
High IQ children
  • When compared with children without ADHD evidence supports - consider: "When children with ADHD are compared to compared without, evidence supports..."
Not sure that your proposed sentence makes sense?--MrADHD | T@1k? 11:47, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
X The problem is that the current sentence construction is not saying what the children without ADHD are being compared to. Let's simplify the whole thing, how about: "Children with ADHD are more likely to repeat grades and have more social and functional impairments." ?
 Y fixed now
  • Additionally, more than half of high IQ ADHD people - consider: "Additionally, more than half of people with high IQ and ADHD..."
  • In this section if you're talking about "high IQ" as a descriptor phrase I think it needs a hyphen, "high-IQ"
    •  Y acceptable as-is

References

  • OK format, no major errors

Further reading

  • Consider replacing the quite old books from 2003, maybe even the 2005 one, with something more up-to-date
    •  Y as removed
  • OK

Media

Post-GA suggestions

Further comments in relation to GAN from Garrondo

As I am not sure on how to contribute the review I will make comments here (at least for now).

After talking to Zad I will move to the GAN page comments that are clearly GAN related, while I will leave here the most specific comments on content.--Garrondo (talk) 06:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Sources

There are two sources from Rev Neurol, an Spanish neurological journal. The journal is quite good in itself, and has quite some articles regarding neuropediatrics (I am Spanish and take a look at it every month). However maybe similar sources can be found in English in a better journal.

More importantly, the title of the article pmid20200842 from this journal is uncorrectly translated (with grammatical errors). Original title in the journal is Trastorno por déficit de atención/hiperactividad: ¿un patrón evolutivo? and should be changed.

Additionally the other article from rev neurol is included with the title in English (as it appear in pubmed) while the one above is given in Spanish. It would be great if same format was used.

I have checked content based in the two sources and it is OK. --Garrondo (talk) 20:34, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Signs and symptoms

  • I miss internal links in the list of symptoms. Many of them could be linked and would give potentially interesting info to a reader.
  • Symptom Be very impatient is the only one with a quantity modifier (very). I would eliminate it, since it is redundant (All symptoms are symptoms when they are much more than in the normal population.
  • Some children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD have an increased risk of experiencing : NO: all have an increased risk. Some will experience the named problems.
  • Training in social skills, behavioural modification and medication may have some limited beneficial effects. The most important factor in reducing emergence of later psychopathology, such as major depression, criminality, school failure, and substance use disorders is formation of friendships with people who are not involved in delinquent activities. This is not sign and symptoms. Reallocate or eliminate.
  • Adolescents with ADHD are more likely to have difficulty making and keeping friends due to impairments in processing verbal and nonverbal language Hardly the only reason

--Garrondo (talk) 20:45, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

  • Inattention and hyperactive behavior are not necessarily the only problems in children with ADHD. ADHD exists alone in only about 1/3 of the children diagnosed with it.[citation needed] The combination of ADHD with other conditions can greatly complicate diagnosis and treatment. Many co-existing (comorbid) conditions require other courses of treatment and should be diagnosed separately instead of being grouped in the ADHD diagnosis.[citation needed]: I have added the two citation tags. The first one is a very specific statement and a source should be given. Regarding the second one, it might be an oversimplification, since also the treatment of ADHD might improve this comorbid disorders, and anyway, it is uncited.
  • Long list of comorbid disorders: in the long term (probably towards FAC) it might be a good idea to summarize it and create a secondary article. Right now it is a bit laundry-list-like.

--Garrondo (talk) 07:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

  • Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: 5 different refs are used to source content, including Web MD, which is probably not optimal, and others that are getting a bit old. It might be better to look for a single recent, high quality source and use it as single source.
  • Borderline personality disorder: After taking a look at the source I have not found the content it is supposed to source. Moreover regarding writting: it seems odd that only description of the relationship between BPD and ADHD is written as if a primary source was used, whereas the source is secondary.
  • Primary disorder of vigilance: not sure it is the best term, or to what does it specifically refer to. While I have no access to Web MD, there is no mention to that specific title ("Primary disorder of vigilance" or "disorder of vigilance") in pubmed, and only 27 reviews including the term vigilance and ADHD.

--Garrondo (talk) 17:23, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

  • Mood disorders (especially Bipolar disorder and Major depressive disorder). Boys diagnosed with the combined ADHD subtype have been shown to be more likely to suffer from a mood disorder. It is not clear what it refers to: Boys more likely than girls? Boys with combined ADHD than the other boys?
  • Bipolar disorder. Adults with ADHD sometimes have co-morbid bipolar disorder, which requires careful assessment in order to accurately diagnose and treat both conditions. On the one hand a line of bipolar disorder had already been given in the line above. On the other the line on treatment does not really add much, since this careful assessment and treatment should be carried out with all comorbid disorders.

--Garrondo (talk) 20:34, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Images

The lead image needs checking. It appears to be listed CC BY NC here [18] but maybe they gave release. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 04:57, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Epidemiology

We lost "ADHD's is estimated to affect about 3 to 5 percent of people under the age of 19. There is, however, both geographical and local variability among studies. Children in North America appear to have a higher rate of ADHD than children in Africa and the Middle East.[1]" This was specifically a global look and I am not sure the new stats are. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:33, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Actually it appears it is global stats so all good. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 10:37, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Mood disorder

ADHD symptoms which are related to other disorders[2]
Depression Anxiety disorder Bipolar disorder
in manic state
in depressive state
  • same symptoms as in the depression section of this table

Cut from body of article:

  • Where a mood disorder complicates ADHD, it is usually best to treat the mood disorder first, but parents of children with ADHD often wish to have the ADHD treated first, because the response to treatment is quicker.[3]

Who says it's best? The journal article authors themselves? Psychiatrists generally?

I tried reading the article online, but I couldn't find the part which says that it is usually best to treat the mood disorder first. Perhaps the contributor who added this bit could insert a quotation from the article. --Uncle Ed (talk) 16:16, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Best leaving it deleted in my view to be honest - doesn't seem essential information for a general overview, the source is not the best and importantly as you have stated the source does not support the text. Well spotted - thanks Ed!--MrADHD | T@1k? 17:29, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

IMO this table would be best as prose. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:49, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Not sure: I am not a big fan of tables, but in this case it might be a good way of presenting lots of information in a short space. If developed into text it might end as something similar to a bullet list, or it might take lots of space. Maybe it can be left as table, and if some extra content wants to be added for any of the symtoms it can be developed into text.--Garrondo (talk) 06:44, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
Yes not a really big fan of tables either. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 07:55, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Nonpharmalogical treatments

Please have a look at PMID 23360949 and editorial comment at PMID 23450282. It would appear to be a useful source. LeadSongDog come howl! 14:39, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Image in Signs and symptoms

I don't believe that File:Adhd-facts1.jpg, which heads up the "Signs and symptoms" section of the article, is doing any good. It doesn't do anything to illustrate the article as is. What it does do is portray a stereotype of ADHD-influenced behavior. While this image might be good in a section about common misperceptions of ADHD, it's inappropriate to have it where it is. Cymru.lass in America (talk) 23:35, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Have you let the CDC know about your concerns? That fact that kids with ADHD are often disruptive in class is not a stereotype but part of the diagnostic criteria. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 00:46, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Yes, but "disrupting class" and "sticking out one's tongue" are two completely different things. Disrupting class generally entails things like getting out of one's seat, "zooming around", talking out of turn, talking back to the teacher, having side conversations. — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talkcontribs) 01:21, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't particularly like that image either. It's a subtle, subjective thing but the image has the tone of mocking the boy with ADHD as opposed to non-judgmentally presenting the symptom. I do understand that the symptom presented is very common and defining. If there were another, better image that had the same benefit of visually presenting a defining symptom without the mocking quality, I would very much support switching it. But until a better image is located I think the article is stuck with it. Zad68 02:31, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
If the image in question has an improper, mocking quality, then the article should by no means be "stuck" with it. If this were a piece of text that had a mocking tone, even a subtle one, it would be removed if it could not be readily re-written. — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talkcontribs) 04:15, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
Oh, I just realized that I should clarify that I (cymru.lass) am the same as the original poster in this section User:Cymru.lass in America is my alt account for editing on public computers. — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talkcontribs) 00:28, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Reader feedback: In February 28, 2013 The Lan...

Xrcal posted this comment on 1 March 2013 (view all feedback).

In February 28, 2013 The Lancet published an article about the possible genetic correlation between autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia. They analyzed genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data for the five disorders in 33 332 cases and 27 888 controls of European ancestory. The lead researcher was Dr. Jordan Smoller, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Smoller's group found four gene areas that all overlapped with the five disorders, two of which regulate calcium balance in the brain. <ref>http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2812%2962129-1/fulltext</ref>

Thought I'd move it on over to the talkpage and see what people more knowledgeable than I have to say. Any thoughts? — Preceding signed comment added by Cymru.lass (talkcontribs) 01:17, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

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