The Autism - Tics, AD/HD and other Comorbidities inventory (A-TAC): Further validation of a telephone interview for epidemiological research

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Larson, Tomas ^a   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^a,b   Gillberg, Carina ^b   Ståhlberg, Ola ^b   Carlström, Eva ^c   Kadesjö, Björn ^b   Råstam, Maria ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^c   Gillberg, Christopher ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTISM TICS ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND OTHER COMORBIDITY INVENTORY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TIC; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SWEDEN; TIC DISORDERS;

EID: 76949096616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-1     Document Type: Article

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