Against the Status Quo: Revising the Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-207

  Barkley, Russell A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 76749096219     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201003000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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