Abstract
Background: There have been several studies conducted on the relationship between bipolar mood disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the recent years, and in most of them the rate of this association had been estimated as 22-90% and had been reported as noticeable. The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of ADHD in patients with Bipolar mood disorder type I (BID).
 Materials and Methods: In this Cross-sectional study, 152 patients with BID that were referred to psychiatric clinic of Tehran psychiatric Institute for a better observation and treatment were included. Two questionnaires, Wender’s for childhood ADHD and Conner’s’ for adulthood ADHD were filled by the patients.
 Results: 102 patients (67%) were males and 50 were females. The average age of patients at the time of our study (with the minimum of 17 and maximum of 76) was 33.5±10.9. The prevalence of ADHD in our patients was 11.8%. 46 people (30.9%) had a history of childhood ADHD. 21 persons had adult ADHD from whom only 3 ones mentioned a history of childhood ADHD (which means 18 people of our adulthood ADHD had no history of childhood ADHD).
 Conclusion: Since some treatments lead to improvement of ADHD and worsening of BID, investigations on their correlations and their alternative treatments seemed to be necessary. This study showed a significant correlation between ADHD and BID, which was similar to the results of other studies in this field.
Highlights
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder among children that was reported to have a prevalence of 3-5% among them [1]
There have been plenty of studies done on the relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Bipolar mood disorder type I (BID), regarding their results this comorbidity has been reported in a range of 22 to 90 percent [4,5]
This is a cross-sectional study conducted on all BID patients who had been referred to the psychiatric clinic of Iran mental hospital, Tehran, Iran, during their remission phase for a better management
Summary
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric disorder among children that was reported to have a prevalence of 3-5% among them [1]. This frequency is even greater among boys, in comparison with girls [2]. There have been several studies conducted on the relationship between bipolar mood disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the recent years, and in most of them the rate of this association had been estimated as 22-90% and had been reported as noticeable. The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of ADHD in patients with Bipolar mood disorder type I (BID). This study showed a significant correlation between ADHD and BID, which was similar to the results of other studies in this field. [GMJ.2013;2(4):174-8]
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