Hechtman L
Department of Psychiatry, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec.
Can J Psychiatry. 1991 Aug;36(6):415-21. doi: 10.1177/070674379103600606.
Follow-up studies of children with attention deficit hyperactive disorder show that they continue to have problems with restlessness, over-activity, impulsive behaviour and inattention, often resulting in serious academic, social and emotional problems in adolescence. Outcome in adulthood generally falls into three groups: fairly normal outcome, persistent attentional, social, emotional and impulse problems, and serious psychiatric and/or social pathology. Factors affecting outcome include characteristics related to the child (for example, health, temperament, IQ) and characteristics of the family (for example, socioeconomic status, emotional and psychological aspects of the family, family composition and structure, and the larger social and physical environment.
对注意力缺陷多动障碍儿童的后续研究表明，他们在躁动不安、活动过度、冲动行为和注意力不集中方面仍然存在问题，这常常导致他们在青少年时期出现严重的学业、社交和情感问题。成年后的结果一般分为三类：结果相当正常、持续存在注意力、社交、情感和冲动问题，以及严重的精神和/或社会病理学问题。影响结果的因素包括与儿童相关的特征（例如健康状况、气质、智商）以及家庭特征（例如社会经济地位、家庭的情感和心理方面、家庭组成和结构，以及更大的社会和物质环境）。
