National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (the MTA): Design challenges and choices

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 865-870

  Arnold, L Eugene ^a   Abikoff, Howard B ^a   Cantwell, Dennis P ^a   Conners, C Keith ^a   Elliott, Glen ^a   Greenhill, Laurence L ^a   Hechtman, Lily ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen P ^a   Hoza, Betsy ^a   Jensen, Peter S ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a   March, John S ^a   Newcorn, Jeffrey H ^a   Pelham, William E ^a   Richters, John E ^a   Schiller, Ellen ^a   Severe, Joanne B ^a   Swanson, James M ^a   Vereen, Donald ^a   Wells, Karen C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030764409     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830210113015     Document Type: Article

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