Impact of psychometrically defined deficits of executive functioning in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1730-1738

  Biederman, Joseph ^a   Petty, Carter ^b   Fried, Ronna ^b   Fontanella, Jessie ^b   Doyle, Alysa E ^b   Seidman, Larry J ^b   Faraone, Stephen V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33749493283     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.10.1730     Document Type: Article

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