P 150 The correlation of attention and neurophysiological characteristics in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Adult ADHD is a frequent psychiatric disorder which begins in childhood and persists into adulthood in up to 60% of the cases. As one pathogenetical mechanism the arousal regulation, which are measurable with EEG under rest, are discussed. The vigilance regulation model of affective disorders and ADHD interprets the hyperactivity and the sensation seeking behaviour as an autoregulatory and partly dysfunctional attempt of the organism to stabilize wakefulness (Hegerl and Hensch, 2014). Different EEG-studies confirm an instable EEG vigilance regulation in ADHD (Geissler et al., 2014) and show correlation with attention deficits (Sander et al., 2010).

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