Impulsive aggression in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-110

  Dowson, J H ^a   Blackwell, A D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549107043     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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