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The impact of emotional dysregulation and comorbid depressive symptoms on clinical features, brain arousal, and treatment response in adults with ADHD.
Huang, Jue; Mauche, Nicole; Ahlers, Eike; Bogatsch, Holger; Böhme, Pierre; Ethofer, Thomas; Fallgatter, Andreas J; Gallinat, Jürgen; Hegerl, Ulrich; Heuser, Isabella; Hoffmann, Knut; Kittel-Schneider, Sarah; Reif, Andreas; Schöttle, Daniel; Unterecker, Stefan; Strauß, Maria.
Afiliação
  • Huang J; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Mauche N; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Ahlers E; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Bogatsch H; Clinical Trial Centre Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Böhme P; Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
  • Ethofer T; Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Fallgatter AJ; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Gallinat J; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Hegerl U; Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  • Heuser I; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Hoffmann K; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt - Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • Kittel-Schneider S; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
  • Reif A; Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
  • Schöttle D; Department of Psychiatry, College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
  • Unterecker S; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Frankfurt - Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • Strauß M; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Front Psychiatry ; 14: 1294314, 2023.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38250266
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

The role of emotional dysregulation (ED) in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become an important issue. This study, in which we analyzed data from a predictive pharmaco-EEG-trial, aimed to examine whether symptoms of ED in adult ADHD affect ADHD symptom severity, brain arousal regulation as measured by resting EEG, and the response to stimulant medication.

Methods:

ED is defined as having a sex- and age-corrected T-score of >70 on the emotional lability subscale of the German version of Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scale. A total of 115 participants were included in the study, 56 of whom had ED. Participants with ED were more impaired in terms of the severity of core ADHD symptoms, especially inattentive symptoms, comorbid depressive symptoms, interpersonal relationships, and quality of life. In addition, participants with ED were more likely to report a total score above 13 on the Beck Depression Inventory-II, which was considered to be the cutoff for mild depression.

Results:

No differences were found between the ED and non-ED groups in response to stimulant medication or in brain arousal regulation. In addition, there was no significant effect of ED with comorbid depressive symptoms on treatment response. There was a trend for subgroups that showed a change in brain arousal regulation associated with symptom improvement.

Discussion:

Our findings may support the assumption that ED may be an important feature of ADHD. The use of EEG-based brain arousal regulation as a diagnostic and predictive tool in ADHD in the presence of ED and comorbid depressive symptoms should be further investigated.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Alemanha