Review of literature of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with comorbid eating disorders Revisão da literatura sobre a comorbidade do transtorno do déficit de atenção e hiperatividade com transtornos alimentares

OBJECTIVE: According to studies of prevalence, up to 70% of adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have at least one psychiatric comorbidity, which leads to diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties as well as more severe functional impairment. There is a paucity of data on the comorbidi...

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Main Authors: Bruno Palazzo Nazar, Camilla Moreira de Sousa Pinna, Gabriel Coutinho, Daniel Segenreich, Monica Duchesne, José Carlos Appolinario, Paulo Mattos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462008000400014