Commentary: Why diagnose and treat ADHD in adults?

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 13-15

  Feifel, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 56149108749     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2008.09.1903     Document Type: Note

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