ADHD documentation for students requesting accommodations at the postsecondary level: Update on standards and diagnostic concerns

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 761-765

  Harrison, Allyson G ^a   Rosenblum, Yontanan ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Adler School of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTSECONDARY LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77956531432     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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