The Characteristics of Mood Polarity, Temperament, and Suicide Risk in Adult ADHD
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15515436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giancarlo Giupponi (0000-0001-6430-0000, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze), Marco Innamorati (0000-0003-3534-296X, European University of Rome), Elena Rogante (0000-0003-2771-919X, Sapienza University of Rome), Salvatore Sarubbi (0000-0002-8105-0370, Sapienza University of Rome), Denise Erbuto (0000-0002-6403-7254, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea), Ignazio Maniscalco (0000-0002-6777-660X, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze), Livia Sanna (Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze), Andreas Conca (0000-0003-4841-7510, Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze), D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, Stockton University), Maurizio Pompili (0000-0003-1886-4977, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 2871-2871 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph17082871 |
| PMID | 32326351 |
| OpenAlex | W3017984468 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 45 |
The present study was designed to shed light on a topic rarely explored and to suggest possible ways to detect risk factors for the presence of suicidal ideation and behaviors in a sample of adult patients with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study also explored the association between ADHD, affective temperaments, the presence of hypomania symptoms, and suicide risk. We hypothesized that (compared to healthy controls) (1) patients with adult ADHD would report more negative affective temperaments and more hypomania symptoms and (2) that they would have a higher suicide risk. The participants included 63 consecutive adult inpatients (18 women, 45 men) with ADHD and 69 healthy controls (42 women, 22 men). All participants were administered the Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS), the Hypomania Check-List-32 (HCL-32), the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ), the Temperament Evaluation for Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego (TEMPS-A), and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). Forty-six percent of the ADHD patients had an Axis 1 comorbid disorder. ADHD patients (compared to controls) more often reported suicidal ideation (46.0% vs. 5.9%, one-way Fisher exact test p < 0.001; phi = 0.46). ADHD patients and the controls also significantly differed in all the scales administered (with Cohen's d between 0.92-4.70), except for the TEMPS-A Hyperthymia scale. A regression model indicated that ADHD was independently associated with higher scores of a negative temperaments/hypomania factor (Odd Ratio = 14.60) but not with suicidal ideation. A high incidence of suicidal ideation, comorbid psychiatric disorders, and negative affective temperaments was reported in adult ADHD patients, and clinicians should routinely assess risk factors for suicide among these patients
Biology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Mood · Personality · Poison control · Polarity (international relations · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Suicide Risk · Temperament · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Genetics
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale
The Prevalence and Correlates of Adult ADHD in the United States
The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys
Trajectories of healthcare utilization and costs of psychiatric and somatic multimorbidity in adults with childhood ADHD
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |