Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preschool-age children: Issues and concerns

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Davis, Deborah Winders ^a   Williams, P Gail ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; attention problems; general pediatrics; preschool age children

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VYVANSELIS;

ABNORMAL THINKING; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERAMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751472712     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810384722     Document Type: Article

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