Estimates of the validity and utility of unstructured clinical observations of children in the assessment of ADHD

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Edwards, Mark C ^a   Schulz, Eldon G ^a   Chelonis, John ^b   Gardner, Eunice ^b   Philyaw, Amanda ^b   Young, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 12744269209     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400106     Document Type: Article

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