Early developmental pathways to childhood symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and autism spectrum disorder.
Elizabeth ShephardRachael BedfordBosiljka MilosavljevicTeodora GligaEmily J H JonesAndrew PicklesMark H JohnsonTony Charmannull nullPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2018)
The specificity of early-life predictors to ADHD symptoms suggests early developmental pathways to ADHD might be distinct from ASD. The overlap in early-life predictors of anxiety and ASD suggests that these disorders are difficult to differentiate early in life, which could reflect the presence of common developmental pathways or convergence in early behavioural manifestations of these disorders.