Promoting culturally sensitive adhd services for women: An individual example and a call to action

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Waite, Roberta ^a   Ivey, Nicole ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 67650720941     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20090401-12     Document Type: Article

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