Short-term side effects of stimulant medication are increased in preschool children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A double- blind placebo-controlled study

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-25

  Firestone, Philip ^a,b,c   Musten, Lynette Monteiro ^a   Pisterman, Susan ^c   Mercer, John ^a   Bennett, Susan ^c  

^a School of Psychology

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031841075     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.1998.8.13     Document Type: Article

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