Overexcitabilities and ADHD in the Gifted: An Examination

Roeper Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Rinn, Anne N ^a   Reynolds, Marilyn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; adolescents; giftedness; misdiagnosis; overexcitabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855953875     PISSN: 02783193     EISSN: 1940865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2012.627551     Document Type: Article

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