Boys Will Be Boys: Fathers' Perspectives on ADHD Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Drug Treatment

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 308-316

  Singh, Ilina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Boys boyhood; Family system; Fathers fathering; Medicalization; Men's psychology; Parents; Psychopathology; Psychopharmacology; Ritalin

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0346726057     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220390264221     Document Type: Review

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