Validation of self-report instruments to assess attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in adults attending community drug and alcohol services.

Background: : Symptoms of attention deficit disorder of predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive subtype, or combined (hereafter referred to as ADHD), may persist into adulthood, although the diagnosis in adults remains controversial. The study aimed to validate self-report instruments for assessment of adult ADHD in a sample of treatment-seeking adults attending community drug and alcohol teams.

Methods: : Adult patients attending 3 National Health Service (NHS) community drug and alcohol teams in England completed several self-report instruments for assessment of adult ADHD symptoms, and a diagnosis of adult ADHD was determined using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition criteria with an interview with both the patient and an informant.

A retrospective sibling study of childhood adjustment in adults with substance use disorders.

Purpose: : Research has suggested that people who develop serious substance use disorders have delinquent traits as children before using any illicit drugs. This study was designed to retrospectively identify differences in antisocial and delinquent behavior between siblings discordant for serious substance use disorders.

Methods: : A retrospective survey was conducted of 50 pairs of adult siblings who were discordant for serious substance use disorders.

Co-morbidity and cannabis use in a mental health trust in South East England.

Aim: The prevalence of co-morbidity (severe mental illness and substance) may be less in rural and semi-rural areas than inner cities. The aims were therefore to measure the prevalence of co-morbidity among patients of attending a mental health service in a semi-rural area South East England.

Design And Participants: Cross-sectional prevalence survey of 1,808 patients with detailed assessments from a representative sample of 373 patients identified as having a combination of severe mental illness and substance misuse.

Prevalence of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in opiate-dependent adults.

Background. There is a clear association between childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders in adulthood. Symptoms of attention deficit disorder may also persist into adulthood.

Stroke in the urban population of Calcutta--an epidemiological study.

A population-based cluster survey on stroke disorders was conducted for the first time in the city of Calcutta, India. The population surveyed totaled 50,291. The crude prevalence rate of stroke was 147/100,000 (age-adjusted prevalence 334/100,000).