Co-morbidity and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 988-995

  Al Haidar, F A ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; THIORIDAZINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; METHYLPHENIDATE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17044462183     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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