Public knowledge, beliefs, and treatment preferences concerning attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 626-631

  McLeod, Jane D ^a   Fettes, Danielle L ^a   Jensen, Peter S ^b   Pescosolido, Bernice A ^a   Martin, Jack K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34249731967     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.5.626     Document Type: Article

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