The World Health Organization adult ADHD self-report scale (ASRS): A short screening scale for use in the general population

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-256

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a,b,c,d,e   Adler, Lenard ^a,b,c,d,e   Ames, Minnie ^a,b,c,d,e   Demler, Olga ^a,b,c,d,e   Faraone, Steve ^a,b,c,d,e   Hiripi, Eva ^a,b,c,d,e   Howes, Mary J ^a,b,c,d,e   Jin, Robert ^a,b,c,d,e   Secnik, Kristina ^a,b,c,d,e   Spencer, Thomas ^a,b,c,d,e   Ustun, T Bedirhan ^a,b,c,d,e   Walters, Ellen E ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CALIBRATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 13844307978     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704002892     Document Type: Article

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