Beyond the 'typical' patient: Treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preschoolers and adults

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Vaughan, Brigette S ^a   Wetzel, Martin W ^a   Kratochvil, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 985581 Nebraska Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINGINESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SAFETY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL OUTBURST; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LIFESPAN; MENSTRUAL CRAMP; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MICTURITION DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SADNESS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHYLPHENIDATE; PROPYLAMINES; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 41749107750     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260801887751     Document Type: Review

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