Table 4.

Psychiatric comorbidity in RLS patients

Psychiatric Diagnosis	Female	Female	Male	Male
	Age 0-9	Age 10-18	Age 0-9	Age 10-18
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	19	13	31	31
Mood Disturbance	7	59	15	28
Major depressive disorder	0	17	1	3
Depression NOS	2	23	6	9
Dysthymic disorder	0	1	0	0
Bipolar disorder type I	0	3	0	1
Bipolar disorder NOS	2	0	1	2
Mood disorder NOS	0	3	0	4
Adjustment disorder	3	12	7	9
Anxiety Disorders	4	20	10	9
Generalized anxiety disorder	0	2	0	1
Social anxiety disorder	0	2	0	0
Posttraumatic stress disorder	0	1	0	1
Panic disorder	0	0	1	1
Obsessive compulsive disorder	0	0	0	1
Anxiety disorder NOS	4	14	9	5
Trichotillomania*	0	1	0	0
Behavioral Disturbance	8	6	18	8
Oppositional defiant disorder	3	3	2	3
Disruptive behavior disorder NOS	5	2	16	3
Intermittent explosive disorder	0	1	0	0
Conduct disorder	0	0	0	2
Pervasive Developmental Disordera	2	0	9	7
Substance Use Disordersb	0	5	0	10
Medical Conditions With Psychologic Factorsc	0	20	0	4
Learning Disordersd	5	2	11	7
Cognitive Deficite	3	4	2	6
Otherf	10	4	13	5
No Psychiatric Diagnosis	27	49	35	24

^aPervasive Developmental Disorders included: Asperger's Disorder, Autistic Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

^bSubstance Use Disorders included: Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine, Prescription Drug, Street Stimulant, and Street Opioid misuse, abuse, or dependence disorders.

^cMedical Conditions with Psychological Factors included: Pain Disorder with medical and psychological components, Non-epileptogenic spells, Conversion Disorder, and Somatoform Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

^dLearning Disorders included: Learning Disorder of Reading and Written Expression, Learning Disorder of Mathematics, Learning Disorder of Reading and Mathematics, Non-verbal Learning Disorder, and Learning Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

^eCognitive Deficits included: Borderline Intellectual Functioning, Mild Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Severe Mental Retardation, and Cognitive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.

^fOther included: Developmental Delay, Expressive Language Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Gender Identity Disorder.

^*Trichotillomania is classified as an Impulse Control Disorder in the DSM-IV diagnostic schema. This disorder commonly occurs in conjunction with other anxiety disorders such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and was thus included under this heading.