Simple identification of complex ADHD subtypes using current symptom counts

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-450

  Volk, Heather E ^a   Todorov, Alexandre A ^b   Hay, David A ^c   Todd, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Clinical; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TWINS; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549110371     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819996ba     Document Type: Article

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