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Commentary: One way attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder can be life threatening? A travelogue on Nikolas et al. (2016)
Author(s) -
Barkley Russell A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.12515
Subject(s) - sophistication , psychology , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention deficit , psychiatry , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , art , aesthetics
I provide a brief commentary on the brilliant accompanying study of N ikolas et al. concerning risky bicyclist‐automobile behavior in ADHD and typical youth. The sophistication of the simulator and procedures and the number and precision of measurements are remarkable and afford us an excellent glimpse into the specific mechanisms by which previously documented injury risk in such natural settings may be increased by ADHD in youth. I also briefly note clinically important implications of these and other research results on accident risk in ADHD .