Executive Dysfunction and Delay Aversion in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Nosologic and Diagnostic Implications

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-384

  Sonuga Barke, Edmund J S ^a,b,c   Sergeant, Joseph A ^d   Nigg, Joel ^e   Willcutt, Erik ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPIRICISM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FRUSTRATION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 39449136176     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2007.11.008     Document Type: Review

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