Comparison of a standard psychiatric evaluation to rating scales and EEG in the differential diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Quintana, Humberto ^a   Snyder, Steven M ^b   Purnell, William ^a   Aponte, Carolina ^a   Sita, Janis ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Diagnosis; Electroencephalography; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547663305     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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