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Drug Safety and Risk
Management Advisory Committee
February 9, 2006
Adult ADHD
nDiagnostic criteria
originally developed for children
nDSM-IV specifies “ADHD
In Partial Remission” for presence
of residual symptoms without full disorder
nAdult ADHD increasingly
recognized and treated
nTwo drug products now
approved specifically for adult
ADHD
nNational Comorbidity Survey Replication: persistence of retrospectively diagnosed ADHD into adulthood (ages 18-44) was estimated at 36% (Kessler et al. Biol Psychiatry 2005;57:1442–1451)