A Naturalistic Assessment of the Motor Activity of Hyperactive Boys: II. Stimulant Drug Effects

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 688-693

  Porrino, Linda J ^a   Rapoport, Judith L ^a   Behar, David ^a   Ismond, Deborah R ^a   Bunney, William E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; PLACEBO;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THERAPY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0020540959     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.04390010098013     Document Type: Article

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