Using stimulant medication for children with ADHD: What do parents say? A brief report

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Charach, Alice ^a,b   Skyba, Anna ^a   Cook, Lisa ^a   Antle, Beverley J ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Psychostimulants; Treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACE DISORDER; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTHER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRURITUS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIC;

EID: 33744526511     PISSN: 12097268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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