Prevalence of ADHD diagnosis and nonmedical prescription stimulant use in medical students

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-223

  Tuttle, Jeffrey P ^a   Scheurich, Neil E ^b   Ranseen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Mental Health Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77951807150     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.34.3.220     Document Type: Article

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