Educational and occupational underattainment in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A controlled study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1217-1222

  Biederman, Joseph ^a   Petty, Carter R ^a   Fried, Ronna ^a   Kaiser, Roselinde ^a   Dolan, Chrystina R ^a   Schoenfeld, Steven ^a   Doyle, Alysa E ^a   Seidman, Larry J ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOLLINGSHEAD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 49649114662     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0803     Document Type: Article

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