Do attention deficits influence IQ assessment in children and adolescents with ADHD?

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 551-562

  Jepsen, Jens Richardt M ^a   Fagerlund, Birgitte ^a   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^b  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficits; Intelligence; IQ

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 65349169015     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054708322996     Document Type: Article

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