Multimodal treatment for childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1573-1583

  Kaiser, Nina M ^a   Hoza, Betsy ^b   Hurt, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Behavioral intervention; Medication; Multimodal intervention; Multimodal treatment; Stimulant medication

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; APPETITE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIC; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 54249099964     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.10.1573     Document Type: Review

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