Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Psychological test profiles in a clinical population

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-38

  Downey, Karen K ^a   Stelson, Fred W ^b   Pomerleau, Ovide F ^c   Giordani, Bruno ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychiatric Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031028750     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199701000-00006     Document Type: Article

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