Efforts are needed to increase the detection and treatment of adult ADHD. Research is needed to determine whether effective treatment would reduce the onset, persistence, and severity of disorders that co-occur with adult ADHD.

Inadequate treatment of serious mental illness is an enormous public health problem. Public policies and cost-effective interventions are needed to improve both access to treatment and quality of treatment.

How service sectors share responsibility for peoples' mental health care is changing, with more care falling to general medical providers rather than specialists. Efforts are required to ensure that people who would benefit have access to the necessary treatment modalities.

IMPORTANCE Risk profiles for premature coronary heart disease (CHD) are unclear.OBJECTIVE To examine baseline risk profiles for incident CHD in women by age at onset. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTSA prospective cohort of US female health professionals participating in the Women's Health Study was conducted; median follow-up was 21.4 years.