1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Co-Morbidity in Old Age
- Author
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van Alphen Spj, L. H. Weusten, Sjacko Sobczak, Erlene Rosowsky, Heijnen-Kohl Smj, and Hoff Ei
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,030214 geriatrics ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Personality pathology ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Executive functions ,Omics ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,Personality disorders ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,mental disorders ,Medicine ,Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,Personality ,business ,Psychiatry ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Frontotemporal dementia ,media_common - Abstract
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may persist into old age with prevalence rates up to 4.4%. We present a case report of an 80-year old man with ADHD complicated by personality pathology and a mild impairment in some executive functions. We illustrate that ADHD in older adults may be misdiagnosed for a neurodegenerative disease or personality disorder. To differentiate ADHD from neurodegenerative diseases or personality disorders, it is important to focus on the course of the problems by obtaining a complete history and a long term follow-up.
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- 2016