Arbel, Yuval Fialkoff, Chaim Kerner, Amichai Kerner, Miryam
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Journal of attention disorders
Previous research demonstrates that ADHD is considered a risk factor for COVID-19. The current study attempts to investigate the relationships between infection, mortality and recovery rates from coronavirus and the prevalence of ADHD at the US statewide level. Based on information from 2011 regarding the prevalence of ADHD across the US by state, ...
Bozhilova, Natali Michelini, Giorgia Jones, Christopher Kuntsi, Jonna Rubia, Katya Asherson, Philip
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Journal of attention disorders
We aimed to understand the association between MW frequency and clinical measures, context regulation of MW and group differences in task performance. 27 adults with ADHD and 29 controls performed tasks manipulating demand on working memory and sustained attention, and recorded their MW frequency using probes. A significant association between MW f...
Peasgood, Tessa Bhardwaj, Anupam Brazier, John E Biggs, Katie Coghill, David Daley, David Cooper, Cindy L De Silva, Cyril Harpin, Val Hodgkins, Paul
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: To explore the burden associated with childhood ADHD in a large observational study. Methods: We recruited familes with at least one child (6-18 years) with ADHD via 15 NHS trusts in the UK, and collected data from all family members. We made careful adjustments to ensure a like-for-like comparison with two different control groups, and ...
Levelink, Birgit van der Vlegel, Marjolein Mommers, Monique Gubbels, Jessica Dompeling, Edward Feron, Frans J M van Zeben-van der Aa, Dorothea M C B Hurks, Petra Thijs, Carel
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Journal of attention disorders
To evaluate longitudinal associations between recreational screen time and sleep in early childhood, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at age 8 to 10 years. Questionnaires from 2,768 mother-child pairs from the Dutch KOALA Birth Cohort Study were used. General estimating equation logistic regression analyses examined associations ...
Siebelink, Nienke M Kaijadoe, Shireen P T van Horssen, Fylis M Holtland, Josanne N P Bögels, Susan M Buitelaar, Jan K Speckens, Anne E M Greven, Corina U
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: We describe qualitative results on facilitators and barriers to participating in a family mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) for youth with ADHD and their parents and perceived effects on child and parent. Method: Sixty-nine families started the 8-week protocolized group-based MBI called "MYmind." After the MBI, individual semi-structu...
Manoli, Athina Liversedge, Simon P Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J S Hadwin, Julie A
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: This study examined the synergistic effects of ADHD and anxiety symptoms on attention and inhibitory control depending on the emotional content of the stimuli. Method: Fifty-four typically developing individuals (27 children/adolescents and 27 adults) completed an eye-movement based emotional Go/No-Go task, using centrally presented (hap...
Stephens, Rebecca L Elsayed, Heba E Reznick, J Steven Crais, Elizabeth R Watson, Linda R
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: We explored associations between infant attentional behaviors as measured by the First Year Inventory (FYIv2.0) and dimensional ratings of ADHD symptomatology and executive function (EF) in early childhood. Methods: This study included parents (N = 229) who filled out the FYIv2.0 when their children were 12 months of age. When children w...
Merzon, Eugene Manor, Iris Rotem, Ann Schneider, Tzipporah Vinker, Shlomo Golan Cohen, Avivit Lauden, Ari Weizman, Abraham Green, Ilan
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Journal of attention disorders
Background: ADHD limits the ability to comply with Covid-19 prevention recommendations. We hypothesized that ADHD constitutes a risk factor for Covid-19 infection and that pharmacotherapy may lower that risk. Methods: Study population included all subjects (N = 14,022) registered with Leumit Health Services between February 1st and April 30, 2020, ...
Merzon, Eugene Gutbir, Yuval Vinker, Shlomo Golan Cohen, Avivit Horwitz, Dana Ashkenazi, Shai Sadaka, Yair
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Journal of attention disorders
Although the short-term neurological complications of Shigella spp. are well described, potential neuropsychiatric outcomes have not been studied yet. We investigated the association between early childhood shigellosis and subsequent ADHD. This is a retrospective population-based cohort. Using a large Health Maintenance Organization database, the p...
van Langen, Myrte J M van Hulst, Branko M Douma, Miriam Steffers, Maarten van de Wiel, Nicolle M H van den Ban, Els Durston, Sarah de Zeeuw, Patrick
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Journal of attention disorders
Objective: This article aims to assess whether individual differences in reward sensitivity can be used to predict which children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will benefit most from behavioral interventions that include reinforcement. Methods: A 12-week behavioral intervention was offered to 21 children with ADHD and their p...
