Impact of anxiety disorders on attentional functions in children with ADHD

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Vloet, Timo D ^a,b   Konrad, Kerstin ^b   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^a   Polier, Georg G ^a   Günther, Thomas ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical Faculty   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; Attention; Child; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 77953721404     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.11.017     Document Type: Article

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