Factores de riesgo psicosocial del TDAH

Identifier:  TDX:2454

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2454

Authors:  López Seco, Fernando

Abstract:
The aim of the thesis is to analyze the impact of psychosocial risk factors in the development of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a clinical sample of children and adolescents treated in Specialized Mental Health Centers. In the first article of the thesis we found an association between psychosocial risk factors listed in the classification of mental diseases WHO (ICD-10) and in the second one we analyzed the effect of a specific factor: parental psychopathology and ADHD symptoms in parents of children treated for ADHD. In the first study we have found associations between family risk factors and poor clinical outcome of ADHD children. In the second one we have found high rates of psychopathology and ADHD symptoms in parents of children with ADHD and also associations between maternal history of psychopathology and greatest symptoms severity of ADHD children. We discuss the implications for clinical practice of these results, basically the design of specific protocols for patients with poor clinical outcomes with associated risk factors.