ADHD treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-722

  Polanczyk, Guilherme ^a   Rohde, Luis Augusto ^a   Szobot, Claudia ^a   Schmitz, Marcelo ^a   Montiel Nava, Cecilia ^b   Bauermeister, José J ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 44849084482     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31816c0008     Document Type: Letter

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