Diagnosis and Treatment of Minimal Brain Dysfunction in Adults: A Preliminary Report

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1976, Pages 1453-1460

  Wood, David R ^a   Reimherr, Frederick W ^a   Wender, Paul H ^a   Johnson, Glen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Corps Gorgas Hospital ^*  (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PEMOLINE;

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGE; PEMOLINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0017049880     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770120057005     Document Type: Article

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