Early detection and intervention for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-563

  Sonuga Barke, Edmund JS ^a,b   Koerting, Johanna ^a   Smith, Elizabeth ^a   Mccann, Donna C ^a   Thompson, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; barriers to treatment; cognitive training; developmental risk; early detection; early intervention; hard to reach; parent training; preschool; randomized controlled trial; universal screening

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARENTING EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79953749173     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.39     Document Type: Review

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