Maternal psychiatric history is associated with the symptom severity of ADHD in offspring

Seco, F. López; Aguado-Gracia, Jorge; Mundo-Cid, P.; Acosta-García, S.; Martí-Serrano, S.; Gaviria, Ana M.; Vilella, Elisabet; Marín, Adela Masana

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.02.010

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“…In our study, we found that ADHD was associated with a positive family psychiatric history as reported by the parents who were interviewed; however, we did not find an association between having ADHD and the parents’ marriage status and socioeconomic level. It has been consistently reported in the literature that parents of children with ADHD are more likely to have psychiatric illnesses such as ADHD, mood and anxiety disorders, personality disorders and substance use [28, 29]. Contrary to our psychiatric controls subgroup, our ADHD subgroup had a significantly poorer academic performance (higher propensity to repeat grades and to need home tutoring) compared to the healthy subgroup, a finding that has been well-documented in the international literature.…”

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Prevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: results from the BEI-PSY Study

Ghossoub

Ghandour

Halabi

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundThis study aims to investigate the prevalence, correlates and treatment seeking behavior related to ADHD among adolescents from Lebanon.MethodsFive hundred and ten adolescents were recruited through multistage stratified cluster sampling of households in Beirut, and separately interviewed along with one parent/legal guardian, using the DAWBA. All adolescents completed the PRQ and the SDQ; the parent/legal guardian also completed the SDQ and provided basic demographic information, including attitudes towards seeking mental health services.Results10.20% of the adolescents were diagnosed with ADHD. Having ADHD was associated with having academic difficulties and being involved in bullying. Adolescents with ADHD also had higher odds of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and having comorbid emotional and conduct disorders (compared to those without ADHD). Adolescents with ADHD and their parents reported a higher burden of illness and were more likely to consider seeing a mental health professional than healthy adolescents and their parents.ConclusionADHD among adolescents in Lebanon warrants closer attention, mainly increased awareness in the larger public, and stronger commitment to increase treatment resources to the community.

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confidence: 61%

Prevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: results from the BEI-PSY Study

Ghossoub

Ghandour

Halabi

et al. 2017

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Harvey and colleagues found that parental ADHD symptomatology was associated with a number of factors in parenting practices and quality of parent–child interactions. This is supported by the findings of a number of studies, suggesting that maternal psychiatric history is significantly associated with child symptom severity and that there is a need for parental screening and treatment programs developed specifically for families in need [ 53 , 54 ].…”

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Childhood ADHD and treatment outcome: the role of maternal functioning

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Storebø

Shmueli-Goetz

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundRelatively little is known about the role of maternal functioning in terms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, attachment style and resilience as predictive factors for treatment outcome when offspring are diagnosed with ADHD.ObjectiveTo investigate whether maternal functioning is associated with treatment outcome in children with ADHD.MethodsThe study formed part of a larger naturalistic observational study of children with ADHD. A battery of self-report measures was used to assess selected factors in maternal functioning at the point of referral (baseline data); adult ADHD-symptoms, adult attachment style and adult resilience. Associations between these domains and child treatment response were subsequently examined in a 1-year follow up.ResultsMaternal ADHD-symptoms and degree of resilience were significantly correlated to symptom reduction in offspring diagnosed with ADHD. However, the association between maternal attachment style and child treatment response as measured by the ADHD-RS did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionTo our knowledge, this is the first study to consider potential protective factors along with risk factors in maternal functioning and the impact on child treatment outcome. The study contributes to our knowledge of the potential role of maternal functioning in treatment outcome for children with ADHD.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13034-018-0234-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Demographics and psychological health status data, including age, gender, education level, marital status, and whether any family member had died of Ebola within 6 months were collected from study participants. The SCL-90-R questionnaire was used as in a previous report [ 8 ], and two trained experts in the ETU mainly responsible for psychological support and fluent spoken English separately evaluated the participants’ psychological health status for about 20–25 min. English was chosen to do all the evaluation, which was widely used among the participants during the routine work in the ETU and could avoid potential information loss.…”

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Mental distress among Liberian medical staff working at the China Ebola Treatment Unit: a cross sectional study

Chang-li

Ding

et al. 2015

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BackgroundEbola virus outbreak in West Africa not only triggered a grave public health crisis, but also exerted and induced huge mental distress on medical staff, which would negatively influence epidemic control and social rebuilt furthermore. We chose the local medical staff working at the China Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) to explore the severity of potential mental distress and involved potential causes.MethodsA descriptive study using the Symptom Check List 90 - Revised (SCL90-R) questionnaire to assess psychological health status was conducted among 52 Liberian medical staff. Global indices, including Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Total (PST) and Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI), and nine subscales based on 90 inquiry items were compared among gender, work duty and other subgroups. Data were analyzed using Graphpad Prism and SPSS software.ResultsMental distress among participants was not very serious; only PSDI, paranoid ideation and interpersonal sensitivity numerically increased relative to changes in other categories. While male medics and those responsible for cleaning and disinfection showed significant increases in scores for psychological dimensions, such as obsessive-compulsive, anxiety, phobic anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation and positive symptom total.ConclusionsData of this study implies that the psychological health status of medical staff within the special social environment of an Ebola treatment unit should warrant more attention.

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Maternal psychiatric history is associated with the symptom severity of ADHD in offspring

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Prevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: results from the BEI-PSY Study

Prevalence and correlates of ADHD among adolescents in a Beirut community sample: results from the BEI-PSY Study

Childhood ADHD and treatment outcome: the role of maternal functioning

Mental distress among Liberian medical staff working at the China Ebola Treatment Unit: a cross sectional study

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