Choosing an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder rating scale: Is item randomization necessary?

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Sprafkin, Joyce ^a   Gadow, Kenneth D ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33947386712     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2006.0035     Document Type: Article

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