Structure and diagnosis of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Analysis of expanded symptom criteria from the adult ADHD clinical diagnostic scale

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1168-1178

  Kessler, Ronald C ^a   Green, Jennifer Greif ^b   Adler, Lenard A ^c   Barkley, Russell A ^d,e   Chatterji, Somnath ^f   Faraone, Stephen V ^e   Finkelman, Matthew ^g   Greenhill, Laurence L ^h   Gruber, Michael J ^a   Jewell, Mark ⁱ   Russo, Leo J ^j   Sampson, Nancy A ^a   Van Brunt, David L ^k  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ EPI Q   (United States)

^j SHIRE   (United States)

^k ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ADHD CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78149294691     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.146     Document Type: Article

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