Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation and Adult Attention….pdf

Article Deficient emotional Self-Regulation and Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Family Risk Analysis Craig B.H. Surman, M.D. Objective: A growing body of research sug- elevated in siblings of ADHD plus DESR gests that deficient emotional self-regula- probands but not in siblings of ADHD pro- Joseph Biederman, M.D. tion (DESR) is prevalent and morbid among bands. ADHD and DESR cosegregated in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity siblings. The risk for other psychiatric dis- disorder (ADHD). Family studies provide a orders was similar in siblings of the ADHD Thomas Spencer, M.D. method of clarifying the co-occurrence of proband groups. clinical features, but no family studies have Dayna Yorks, B.A. yet addressed ADHD and DESR. Conclusions: The pattern of inheritance of ADHD with DESR preliminarily suggests Method: Participants were 83 probands Carolyn A. Miller, B.A. with and without ADHD and 128 siblings. that DESR may be a familial subtype of ADHD. Our data suggest that DESR is not All were assessed for axis I DSM-IV con- Carter R. Petty, M.S.