Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 209-217, March 2010

Social and Emotional Impairment in Children and Adolescents with ADHD and the Impact on Quality of Life

  • Peter M. Wehmeier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Deutschland, Medical Department, Bad Homburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Peter M. Wehmeier, Lilly Deutschland GmbH, Werner-Reimers-Strasse 2-4, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany.
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  • Alexander Schacht, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Deutschland, Medical Department, Bad Homburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical School, Syracuse, New York
    • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 25 March 2009; accepted 30 September 2009. published online 04 January 2010.

Abstract 

This review provides an overview as to how the social and emotional impairments involved in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder affect the quality of life of patients and their families. A model of three categories into which the emotional difficulties fall, and how they impair quality of life, is also presented.

Keywords: ADHD, Social impairment, Emotional impairment, Quality of life

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 All authors contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00378-4

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.09.009

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 209-217, March 2010

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