Bradley's Benzedrine studies on children with behavioral disorders

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-33

  Strohl, Madeleine P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzedrine; Charles Bradley; History; Institutions; Misbehavior

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEADACHE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MISCONDUCT; MORNING DOSAGE; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE;

AMPHETAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79959801423     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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