ADD/ADHD and impaired executive function in clinical practice

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-411

  Brown, Thomas E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58649103492     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-008-0065-7     Document Type: Review

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