Assessing children with ADHD in primary care settings

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 627-641

  Langberg, Joshua M ^a   Froehlich, Tanya E ^a   Loren, Richard E A ^a   Martin, Jessica E ^a   Epstein, Jeffery N ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Assessment; Care; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Pediatricians; Primary

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42249102601     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.4.627     Document Type: Review

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