Social cognitive and emotion processing abilities of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A comparison with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1656-1670

  Greenbaum, Rachel L ^a   Stevens, Sara A ^b,c   Nash, Kelly ^b,c   Koren, Gideon ^b   Rovet, Joanne ^b,c  

^a Children's Mental Health Team   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIXARET; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MORBIDITY; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOPATHY; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349319887     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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