Update on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and tic disorders: A review of the current literature

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Simpson, Heather A ^a   Jung, Leah ^a   Murphy, Tanya K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Comorbidity; Tic disorders; Tourette syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; GUANFACINE; PLACEBO;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MUTATOR GENE; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLITRK1 GENE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIC DISORDERS;

EID: 80755128210     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0223-1     Document Type: Review

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