An exploratory clinical study of adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder from India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Sitholey, Prabhat ^a   Agarwal, Vivek ^a,c   Sharma, Swapnil ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c King George's Medical University ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Co morbidity; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER SELF REPORT SCALE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPERAMENT; WENDER UTAH CRITERIA; WORLD MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY INITIATIVE VERSION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW;

EID: 65949087209     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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