Women and attention deficit disorders: A great burden overlooked

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 116-125

  Waite, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Advance practice nurses; Gender; Nurse practitioner; Nursing practice

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN;

EID: 33847350648     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00203.x     Document Type: Review

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