"A school for all kinds of minds": The impact of neuropsychiatric disorders, gender and ethnicity on school-related tasks administered to 9-10-year-old children

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 162-171

  Landgren, Magnus ^a   Kjellman, B ^b   Gillberg, C ^b  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ADHD; DAMP; DCD; Learning disorder; Population study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; READING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0041804150     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-003-0336-0     Document Type: Article

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