A review of changes to the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder age of onset criterion using the checklist for modifying disease definitions

A review of changes to the attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder age of onset criterion using the checklist for modifying disease definitions

Abstract Background Widening definitions of health conditions have the potential to affect millions of people and should only occur when there is strong evidence of benefit. In the last version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the DSM-5 Committee changed the Attent...

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Main Authors: Sharon Sanders, Rae Thomas, Paul Glasziou, Jenny Doust
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Disease definitions
Overdiagnosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2337-7

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