The use of health care services and psychotropic medication in a community sample of 9-year-old schoolchildren with ADHD

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Tremmery, Sabine ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b   Steyaert, Jean ^c   Molenberghs, Geert ^d   Feron, Frans J M ^e   Kalff, Ariane C ^f   Hurks, Petra P M ^f   Hendriksen, Jos G M ^g   Vles, Johan S H ^f   Jolles, Jelle ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Municipal Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Gedragswetenschappelijke Dienst Van Kempenhaeghe ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADHD; Epidemiology; Health care services; Psychotropic medication

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34548159244     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0604-5     Document Type: Article

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