Using the Conners' teacher rating scale-revised in school children referred for assessment

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-241

  Charach, Alice ^a,b,d   Chen, Shirley ^a   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^b,c   Schachar, Russell J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Diagnosis; Teacher interviews; Teacher rating scales

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONNERS TEACHER RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 65349101641     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400404     Document Type: Article

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