When does it end? attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the middle aged and older populations

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Manor, Iris ^a,b   Rozen, Shlomit ^a   Zemishlani, Zvi ^a,b   Weizman, Abraham ^a,b   Zalsman, Gil ^a,b,c  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adults; MPH

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STOMACH PAIN;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051549731     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: 1537162X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e3182206dc1     Document Type: Review

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