2000
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000300001
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Prevalence of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in students: comparison between DSM-IV and neuropsychological criteria

Abstract: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood condition, recognized as an important social-medical problem. The syndrome is characterized by motor system, perception, cognition and behavioral disturbances, compromising the learning of children with adequate intellectual potential. To investigate its prevalence in first grade pupils 484 children with DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and neuropsychological criteria were examined. The prevalence of ADHD was 18% when the diagnosis was made using … Show more

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“…Strauss e Lehtinen em 1947 o d e n ominaram "lesão cerebral mínima". Em um simpósio o c o rrido em Oxford em 1962, a expressão "disfunção c e rebral mínima" foi oficializada 8 . Em 1968, o DSM-II descreveu o transtorno como caracterizado por "níveis excessivos de atividade".…”
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“…Strauss e Lehtinen em 1947 o d e n ominaram "lesão cerebral mínima". Em um simpósio o c o rrido em Oxford em 1962, a expressão "disfunção c e rebral mínima" foi oficializada 8 . Em 1968, o DSM-II descreveu o transtorno como caracterizado por "níveis excessivos de atividade".…”
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“…Assim, foi criada a expressão "transtorno de déficit de atenção com ou sem hiperatividade" pela Associação Psiquiátrica Americana. Na re v i s ã o deste manual em 1987, a designação foi alterada para "transtorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade" e mantida na edição atual, o DSM-IV 8 . O TDAH tem prevalência estimada em torno de 3,5% a 8% em diferentes áreas geográficas incluindo o Brasil 2,[8][9][10] .…”
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“…The worldwide prevalence of this disease among school age children has been estimated at 5.3% 31 and, in Brazil, a number of different studies have reported varying prevalence rates ranging from 5.8 to 17.1%. [32][33][34][35] The 10 in order to provide the patient with integral care. This means providing consultations, tests, hospital admission and medications for cancer treatment, plus their adjuvants, even when the patient uses these pharmaceutical products in outpatients or a clinic, as laid out in the prices for chemotherapy procedures defined within the Unified Table.…”
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“…Baumgaertel et al 25 conducted a study in Germany with children and adolescents aged 5 to 12 years, using the DSM-III, DSM-III-R and DSM-IV criteria, finding 9.6%, 10.9% and 17.8% prevalence, respectively. Guardiola et al 26 investigated the prevalence of the disorder among 484 students of elementary schools in Porto Alegre/RS using the DSM-IV and neuropsychological criteria. In this study, there was 18% prevalence according to the DSM-IV criteria and 3.5% considering neuropsychological criteria.…”
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confidence: 99%