Further to policy 4.3.2, the expense authority may receive assistance from staff to fulfill his/her responsibilities. However, the expense authority is accountable for expenditure approval, and approval of payment requisitions for direct invoices (i.e., vendor invoices or items not matched to a purchase order or contract using iProcurement).
Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses. When two disorders or illnesses occur in the same person, simultaneously or sequentially, they are described as comorbid. Comorbidity also implies interactions between the illnesses that affect the course and prognosis of both.
ADHD was diagnosed in 131 children, 68.7% of whom had a comorbid psychiatric disorder. Some children had >1 comorbidity: 23 had 2, 5 had 3, and 1 had 4. Fifty-one children had a comorbid learning disorder (LD), 45 had oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder (ODD/CD), and 27 had some other comorbid diagnosis. The mean age of children was 10 years (standard deviation: 2.8).