PMID- 11402399 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010712 LR - 20071114 IS - 0929-7049 (Print) IS - 0929-7049 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 3 DP - 2000 Sep TI - Processing speed in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, inattentive type. PG - 218-34 AB - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is among the most common and most often reconceptualized neurobehavioral disorders of childhood. In the most recent DSM-IV, a primarily inattentive subtype of ADHD (AD) has again been identified. This study explores the neuropsychological profile of this group of children. Eighty-two children referred for school-related problems participated. Twenty-five met criteria for AD; 52 met criteria for reading disability (RD); 9 were comorbid for RD and AD. AD children performed poorly on measures of information processing speed. Children with comorbid AD/RD were distinguishable from those with RD on speed of processing measures only. Vulnerability to information processing load may be at the root of many of the behavioral manifestations of AD. FAU - Weiler, M D AU - Weiler MD AD - Children's Hospital, Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Weiler_m@A1.tch.harvard.edu FAU - Bernstein, J H AU - Bernstein JH FAU - Bellinger, D C AU - Bellinger DC FAU - Waber, D P AU - Waber DP LA - eng GR - P30-HD18655/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - P50-HD33803/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Child Neuropsychol JT - Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence JID - 9512515 SB - IM MH - *Attention MH - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity/*diagnosis/psychology MH - Child MH - Dyslexia/diagnosis/psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Neuropsychological Tests/statistics & numerical data MH - Psychometrics MH - *Reaction Time EDAT- 2001/06/13 10:00 MHDA- 2001/07/13 10:01 CRDT- 2001/06/13 10:00 PHST- 2001/06/13 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/07/13 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/06/13 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1076/chin.6.3.218.3156 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Child Neuropsychol. 2000 Sep;6(3):218-34. doi: 10.1076/chin.6.3.218.3156.