Comorbidity of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder in children and adolescents
The aim of the study is to explore the impact of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) comorbidity in children
with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Six hundred children with ADHD (mean age=9.12 years), recruited from 2013 to 2017, participated in the
study. A total of 96 (16%) children with ADHD displayed a comorbidity with GAD. ADHD+GAD were compared
to 504 ADHD children without GAD in terms of cognitive and psychiatric profile, ADHD subtype and
family psychiatric history.