Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and affective disorders in childhood: continuum, comorbidity or confusion

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-79

  Spencer, Thomas ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Wozniak, Janet ^a   Wilens, Timothy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC AND FAMILIAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033985008     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200001000-00013     Document Type: Review

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