Comorbidity of ADHD and dyslexia

E Germanò, A Gagliano, P Curatolo - Developmental …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disorder (RD) is
frequent. Comorbid subjects show a neuropsychological profile characterized by failure of …

The co-occurrence of reading disorder and ADHD: Epidemiology, treatment, psychosocial impact, and economic burden

CC Sexton, HL Gelhorn, JA Bell… - Journal of learning …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The co-occurrence of reading disorder (RD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) has received increasing attention. This review summarizes the epidemiology …

Children with ADHD symptoms have a higher risk for reading, spelling and math difficulties in the GINIplus and LISAplus cohort studies

D Czamara, CMT Tiesler, G Kohlböck, D Berdel… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia belong to the most common
neuro-behavioral childhood disorders with prevalences of around 5% in school-aged …

Neuropsychological analyses of comorbidity between reading disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: In search of the common deficit

EG Willcutt, BF Pennington, RK Olson… - Developmental …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Measures of component reading and language skills, executive functions, and processing
speed were administered to groups of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder …

ADHD and learning disabilities: Research findings and clinical implications

GJ DuPaul, RJ Volpe - Current Attention Disorders Reports, 2009 - Springer
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at higher than average risk
for academic achievement difficulties and learning disabilities (LDs). Several decades of …

Etiology and neuropsychology of comorbidity between RD and ADHD: The case for multiple-deficit models

EG Willcutt, RS Betjemann, LM McGrath… - Cortex, 2010 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disability (RD)
are complex childhood disorders that frequently co-occur, but the etiology of this comorbidity …

A longitudinal twin study on the association between ADHD symptoms and reading

CU Greven, FV Rijsdijk, P Asherson… - Journal of Child …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and reading disability commonly
co‐occur because of shared genetic risk factors. However, the stability and change of these …

Understanding the comorbidity between dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

R Boada, EG Willcutt… - Topics in Language …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are 2 of the most prevalent
complex neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, each affecting approximately 5% of …

Interrelationships between reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

BA Shaywitz, JM Fletcher, JM Holahan… - Child …, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence from a number of investigations suggests a considerable overlap between reading
disability (RD) and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We investigate the …

Understanding comorbidity: A twin study of reading disability and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder

EG Willcutt, BF Pennington, RK Olson… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A community sample of twins in which at least one member of each pair exhibited significant
reading difficulties (99 monozygotic and 80 dizygotic pairs) or symptoms of attention …