1. The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder
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Faraone, Stephen V, Banaschewski, Tobias, Coghill, David, Zheng, Yi, Biederman, Joseph, Bellgrove, Mark A, Newcorn, Jeffrey H, Gignac, Martin, Al Saud, Nouf M, Manor, Iris, Rohde, Luis Augusto, Yang, Li, Cortese, Samuele, Almagor, Doron, Stein, Mark A, Albatti, Turki H, Aljoudi, Haya F, Alqahtani, Mohammed MJ, Asherson, Philip, Atwoli, Lukoye, Bölte, Sven, Buitelaar, Jan K, Crunelle, Cleo L, Daley, David, Dalsgaard, Søren, Döpfner, Manfred, Espinet, Stacey, Fitzgerald, Michael, Franke, Barbara, Gerlach, Manfred, Haavik, Jan, Hartman, Catharina A, Hartung, Cynthia M, Hinshaw, Stephen P, Hoekstra, Pieter J, Hollis, Chris, Kollins, Scott H, Kooij, JJ Sandra, Kuntsi, Jonna, Larsson, Henrik, Li, Tingyu, Liu, Jing, Merzon, Eugene, Mattingly, Gregory, Mattos, Paulo, McCarthy, Suzanne, Mikami, Amori Yee, Molina, Brooke SG, Nigg, Joel T, Purper-Ouakil, Diane, Omigbodun, Olayinka O, Polanczyk, Guilherme V, Pollak, Yehuda, Poulton, Alison S, Rajkumar, Ravi Philip, Reding, Andrew, Reif, Andreas, Rubia, Katya, Rucklidge, Julia, Romanos, Marcel, Ramos-Quiroga, J Antoni, Schellekens, Arnt, Scheres, Anouk, Schoeman, Renata, Schweitzer, Julie B, Shah, Henal, Solanto, Mary V, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund, Soutullo, César, Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph, Swanson, James M, Thapar, Anita, Tripp, Gail, van de Glind, Geurt, van den Brink, Wim, Van der Oord, Saskia, Venter, Andre, Vitiello, Benedetto, Walitza, Susanne, and Wang, Yufeng
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Epidemiology ,Health Sciences ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Comparative Effectiveness Research ,Brain Disorders ,Mental Illness ,Mental Health ,Pediatric ,Clinical Research ,Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ,Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity ,Humans ,Network Meta-Analysis ,Publication Bias ,ADHD ,Diagnosis ,Treatment ,Course ,Outcome ,Genetics ,Brain ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
BackgroundMisconceptions about ADHD stigmatize affected people, reduce credibility of providers, and prevent/delay treatment. To challenge misconceptions, we curated findings with strong evidence base.MethodsWe reviewed studies with more than 2000 participants or meta-analyses from five or more studies or 2000 or more participants. We excluded meta-analyses that did not assess publication bias, except for meta-analyses of prevalence. For network meta-analyses we required comparison adjusted funnel plots. We excluded treatment studies with waiting-list or treatment as usual controls. From this literature, we extracted evidence-based assertions about the disorder.ResultsWe generated 208 empirically supported statements about ADHD. The status of the included statements as empirically supported is approved by 80 authors from 27 countries and 6 continents. The contents of the manuscript are endorsed by 366 people who have read this document and agree with its contents.ConclusionsMany findings in ADHD are supported by meta-analysis. These allow for firm statements about the nature, course, outcome causes, and treatments for disorders that are useful for reducing misconceptions and stigma.
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