The role of impairment in the diagnosis of ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 529-537

  Gathje, Rebecca A ^a   Lewandowski, Lawrence J ^a   Gordon, Michael ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Diagnostic criteria; Impairment; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 38849189429     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054707314028     Document Type: Article

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