Sleep Characteristics of Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 863-876

  Gruber, Reut ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Adolescents; Children; Comorbidity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHRONICITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MORNING DOSAGE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOCIALIZATION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PARENTING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 70349984434     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2009.04.011     Document Type: Review

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