Unveiling the mystery about adult ADHD: One woman's journey

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 547-553

  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; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIVORCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DIVORCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70350518656     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840902741989     Document Type: Article

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