Further Evidence for Family-Genetic Risk Factors in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Patterns of Comorbidity in Probands and Relatives in Psychiatrically and Pediatrically Referred Samples

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 728-738

  Biederman, Joseph ^a,d   Faraone, Stephen V ^a,d,f   Keenan, Kate ^a   Benjamin, Jonathan ^c,d   Krifcher, Belinda ^a   Moore, Cindy ^a   Sprich Buckminster, Susan ^a   Ugaglia, Karen ^a   Jellinek, Michael S ^a,b,d   Steingard, Ronald ^a,d   Spencer, Thomas ^a,d   Norman, Dennis ^a,d   Kolodny, Roselyn ^c,d   Kraus, Ilana ^c,d   Perrin, James ^b,d   Keller, Martin B ^a,d,g   Tsuang, Ming T ^d,e,f  

^a Psychiatry Consultation Service   (United States)

^b Children s Neuropsychological Services   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Psychiatry Service Brockton ^*  (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026670872     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820090056010     Document Type: Article

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