Evaluating the utility of sluggish cognitive tempo in discriminating among DSM-IV ADHD subtypes

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Harrington, Kelly M ^a,b   Waldman, Irwin D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); DSM IV; Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT); Subtypes; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951916100     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-009-9355-8     Document Type: Article

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