The Wender Utah rating scale: An aid in the retrospective diagnosis of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Objective: In an attempt to surmount the problem of retrospectively establishing the childhood diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the authors constructed the 61-item Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) for adults to use to describe their own childhood behavior. It this paper they present their initial data collection and evaluation of the instrument's validity. Method: The scale was administered to 81 adult outpatients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 100 «normal» adults, and 70 psychiatric adult outpatients with unipolar depression