Is oppositional defiant disorder a meaningful diagnosis in adults? Results from a large sample of adults with ADHD

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 601-605

  Harpold, Theresa ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Gignac, Martin ^b   Hammerness, Paul ^a   Surman, Craig ^a   Potter, Anya ^a   Mick, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adults; Oppositional defiant disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 34447524797     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318093f448     Document Type: Article

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