Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Distinct or related disorders across measurement levels?

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-417

  Baeyens, Dieter ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Walle, Johan Vande ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ADHD; Inattention; Measurement levels; Review; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745684053     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-006-0011-z     Document Type: Review

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