Unwanted intrusive and worrisome thoughts in adults with Attention Deficit\Hyperactivity Disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-233

  Abramovitch, Amitai ^a   Schweiger, Avraham ^a  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult ADHD; Intrusive thoughts; Thought suppression; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIOUS THOUGHTS INVENTORY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESSING THOUGHTS QUESTIONNAIRE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650447318     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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