Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a diverse culture: Do research and clinical findings support the notion of a cultural construct for the disorder?

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1436-1441

  Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a,b   Szobot, Cláudia ^b   Polanczyk, Guilherme ^a   Schmitz, Marcelo ^b   Martins, Silvia ^b   Tramontina, Silzá ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cultural context; Hyperactivity; Hyperkinetic disorder; Inattention

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 20444415959     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.01.042     Document Type: Review

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