The diagnosis and management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in preschool children: The state of our knowledge and practice

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-30

  Dreyer, Benard P ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE; ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY THERAPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NIGHTMARE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 30344472727     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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