Can PLAY diminish ADHD and facilitate the construction of the social brain?

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-66

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Frontal lobes; Growth factors; Play; Social brain

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 34347251198     PISSN: 12097268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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