Should We Be Rethinking How We Assess and Manage ADHD?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1051-1052

  Thapar, Anita ^a   Lewis, Gemma ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTING; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 71149091469     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181ba3e20     Document Type: Editorial

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