Preliminary evidence of beneficial effects of methylphenidate on listening comprehension in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-49

  McInnes, Alison ^a   Bedard, Anne Claude ^b   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^c   Tannock, Rosemary ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; METHYLPHENIDATE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 33947375216     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2006.0051     Document Type: Article

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