Updates on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learning disorders

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 364-373

  Semrud Clikeman, Margaret ^a   Bledsoe, Jesse ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Learning disorder; Mathematics; Nonverbal learning disorder; RD; Reading disability

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSCALCULIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONVERBAL LEARNING DISABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING;

EID: 80755132071     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0211-5     Document Type: Review

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