The diagnostic utility of executive function assessments in the identification of ADHD in Children

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Holmes, Joni ^a   Gathercole, Susan E ^b   Place, Maurice ^c   Alloway, Tracy P ^d   Elliott, Julian G ^d   Hilton, Kerry A ^d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Hartlepool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Diagnosis; Executive function; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 73549084073     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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