Inattentive/overactive children with histories of profound institutional deprivation compared with standard ADHD cases: a brief report
Researchers compared 13 deprivation-exposed children with inattention/overactivity, 20 clinical ADHD cases and 22 ERA comparison children around age 13. Boys in the deprivation group had symptom profiles resembling clinical ADHD; girls showed more symptom remission. Neuropsychological difficulties were greater in the deprivation-related group.
Limitations: Very small selected groups with gender differences; the authors called for larger gender-matched replication. Extreme early institutional deprivation; results do not represent adoptees generally. Participants overlap with other ERA publications.
- Research type
- Comparative clinical study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adolescents
Adoption context: Intercountry adoption after Romanian institutional care; UK comparison groups
Programme: English and Romanian Adoptees Study
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in indexed metadata reviewed. Affiliations, funding and conflicts have not been comprehensively audited; this does not confirm institutional independence.
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Topics: ADHD, neurodevelopment
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom; Romania (origin)
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