ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER - COMORBIDITY

COMORBID OR ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS

When two conditions occur together in the same individual, we say they are "comorbid."  If the two conditions tend to occur together more often than would be expected by chance in the population, we say that the conditions are "associated" (with each other).

Certain conditions tend to occur in children and teens with ADHD more than you would expect to see by chance. In clinical settings, the most commonly reported associated problems are:

• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Fine motor control deficits
• Visual-motor integration deficits and handwriting (graphomotor problems)
• Oppositional-Defiant Disorder
• Conduct Disorder
• Learning disabilities
• Executive Dysfunction
• Sleep disorders
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Tics