The Effect of Child Characteristics on Teachers' Acceptability of Classroom-Based Behavioral Strategies and Psychostimulant Medication for the Treatment of ADHD

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 413-421

  Pisecco, Stewart ^a   Huzinec, Christopher ^b   Curtis, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEACHING;

EID: 0035463191     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3003_12     Document Type: Article

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