THE SITUATION OF ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Trần Nguyễn Ngọc1,2, Dương Minh Tâm1,2,
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 National Mental Health Institute, Bach Mai Hospital

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Our study aimed to describe the situation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in Department of Psychiatry in National Children's Hospital. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, including 67 children diagnosed with ADHD according to the diagnostic criteria of DSM V at Department of Psychiatry in National Children's Hospital. Results: Majority of children with ADHD were diagnosed between 6 and 10 years old; the average age of diagnosis was 7.3 ± 1.3. There were 6.0% of patients had low birth weight and 13.4% had premature birth. 32.8% of children were delivered by cesarean section and 1.5% had forceps intervention. The most common comorbid mental disorder was  communication disorder (53.7%), followed by oppositional defiant disorder (38.8%). Most patients have an average IQ (90-109) with the rate of 44.8% and 13.4% of children have mental retardation.

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