Challenges in identifying and managing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults in the primary care setting: A review of the literature

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Culpepper, Larry ^a   Mattingly, Gregory ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251499981     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.10r00951pur     Document Type: Article

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