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  • 9 - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

  • Edited by Stan Kutcher, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
  • Book:
    Practical Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
    Published online:
    31 August 2009
    Print publication:
    18 April 2002, pp 230-264

  • Summary

    This chapter discusses attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the major clinical and public health problems because of its associated morbidity and disability in children, adolescents, and adults. Conduct disorder (CD) is the most well-established comorbid condition of childhood ADHD, and has been widely reported in epidemiologic. Stimulants have been demonstrated to improve cognitive function as measured by tests of vigilance, impulsivity, reaction time, short-term memory, and learning of verbal and nonverbal material in children with ADHD. The chapter preludes the preliminary studies to suggest that MAOIs are effective in juvenile and adult ADHD. Major limitation to the use of MAOIs is the potential for hypertensive crisis (treatable with phentolamine) associated with dietetic transgressions (tyramine-containing foods, i.e., most cheeses) and drug interactions (pressoamines, most cold medicines, amphetamines).