Identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating ADHD in minority youth

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 522-528

  Hervey Jumper, Heather ^a,d   Douyon, Karl ^b   Falcone, Tatiana ^c   Franco, Kathleen N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Center for Ventura

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Minority children; Psychiatric evaluation of minority youth; Psychiatric treatment of minority youth; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 38849085906     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054707311054     Document Type: Article

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