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This article provides a short overview on symptomatology, etiology, prevalence, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, comorbidities and therapy of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults. In the German-speaking psychiatry the disorder has been introduced for the first time 10 years ago. An early diagnosis and an adequate individualized therapy – preferentially with medication and psychotherapy – are important not only for the often severely impaired adult patients, but also with regard to sociooeconomic aspects.
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Es wird eine kurze Übersicht zu Symptomatologie, Ätiologie, Häufigkeit, Diagnostik, Differentialdiagnose, Komorbiditäten und Therapie der Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung im Erwachsenenalter gegeben. Dieses Krankheitsbild ist in der deutschsprachigen Psychiatrie erst seit etwa zehn Jahren bekannt. Eine rechtzeitige Diagnostik und eine adäquate individuell angepasste Therapie – vorzugsweise multimodal in Form von Medikation und Psychotherapie – sind nicht nur für die auch im Erwachsenenalter häufig erheblich betroffenen Patienten wesentlich, sondern auch unter sozioökonomischen Gesichtspunkten essentiell.
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adulthood
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Krause, J. Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung im Erwachsenenalter. psychiatr. psychother. 5, 55–63 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11326-009-0050-8
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