Assessing the concordance of measures used to diagnose adult ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-287

  Belendiuk, Katherine A ^a   Clarke, Tana L ^a   Chronis, Andrea M ^a   Raggi, Veronica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Diagnostic issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846085670     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054706289941     Document Type: Article

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