Diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder from parent reports predict diagnoses based on teacher reports. Biederman, J, Faraone, S V, Milberger, S, & Doyle, A Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32(2):315–7, March, 1993.
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OBJECTIVE: For DSM-III attention deficit disorder (ADD), it was previously reported that, when a parent report leads to a diagnosis of ADD, it is highly likely that the teacher report will also be positive. This report seeks to generalize that finding to DSM-III-R attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: In a population of 34 children meeting clinical criteria for DSM-III-R ADHD, parents and teachers independently responded to questions about individual ADHD symptoms. RESULTS: Correlations between parents and teachers for individual symptoms were low to moderate; however, there was a 77% probability that the teacher report would result in a positive diagnosis given a positive parent diagnosis. This probability increased to 88% if "broad" teacher diagnoses of ADHD, defined by 35% of the 14 DSM-III-R symptoms, were included. CONCLUSIONS: In clinically-referred children, a clinical diagnosis of ADHD based on parent report is likely to be corroborated by a teacher report.
@article{biederman_diagnoses_1993,
	title = {Diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder from parent reports predict diagnoses based on teacher reports.},
	volume = {32},
	issn = {0890-8567},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8444759},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE: For DSM-III attention deficit disorder (ADD), it was previously reported that, when a parent report leads to a diagnosis of ADD, it is highly likely that the teacher report will also be positive. This report seeks to generalize that finding to DSM-III-R attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

METHOD: In a population of 34 children meeting clinical criteria for DSM-III-R ADHD, parents and teachers independently responded to questions about individual ADHD symptoms.

RESULTS: Correlations between parents and teachers for individual symptoms were low to moderate; however, there was a 77\% probability that the teacher report would result in a positive diagnosis given a positive parent diagnosis. This probability increased to 88\% if "broad" teacher diagnoses of ADHD, defined by 35\% of the 14 DSM-III-R symptoms, were included.

CONCLUSIONS: In clinically-referred children, a clinical diagnosis of ADHD based on parent report is likely to be corroborated by a teacher report.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2015-05-12},
	journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry},
	author = {Biederman, J and Faraone, S V and Milberger, S and Doyle, A},
	month = mar,
	year = {1993},
	pmid = {8444759},
	keywords = {Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: dia, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity: psy, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Observer Variation, Parents, Parents: psychology, Personality Assessment, Personality Assessment: statistics \& numerical dat, Psychometrics, Social Environment},
	pages = {315--7},
}

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