What are the most costly, common comorbid disorders and health risk behaviors associated with ADHD (see list)?
Comorbidities: Disruptive Behavior Disorders (CD, ODD) Learning disabilities Mood disorders Tourettes -Tourettes/OCD Anxiety Health Risk Behaviors: Smoking Abnormal risk-taking and impulsive behaviors Risk for injury (what types) Substance abuse Criminality In presentations of the long-term research/follow-up from Drs. Klein and Biederman, the following additional points regarding comorbidity were noted: Increased likelihood of adult psychopathology to include continued impairment attributable to ADHD was present in a significant proportion of subjects; however, remission is hard to estimate given varied operationalizations of the criteria for ADHD and the question of whether impairment in life functioning should be the marker for adult ADHD. It is commonly estimated that at least half of children with ADHD will chronically have the disorder, with some estimates as high as 85% of those children retaining the impairments associated with the disorder well into adulthood. Other comorbidit
