According to a recent study, many adults with bipolar disorder or an anxiety disorder may also have undiagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

The National Comorbidity Survey showed that among adult patients surveyed ADHD existed comorbidly in 32 percent of those with a depressive disorder, 21.2 percent of those with BPD and 9.5 percent of those with an anxiety disorder.

An analysis of medical claims derived from a large managed care database in the United States, over a 12 month period, found approximately 2.5 percent of adults initially diagnosed with a depressive disorder or an anxiety disorder were later also diagnosed with ADHD.

The findings suggest that many adult patients with psychiatric disorders such as a depressive disorder, BPD or an anxiety disorder may also have undiagnosed ADHD.

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