Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the efficacy and safety of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate in college students with ADHD

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-220

  DuPaul, George J ^a   Weyandt, Lisa L ^b   Rossi, Joseph S ^b   Vilardo, Brigid A ^a   O'Dell, Sean M ^a   Carson, Kristen M ^a   Verdi, Genevieve ^b   Swentosky, Anthony ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; college students; lisdexamfetamine dimesylate; treatment

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857846283     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054711427299     Document Type: Article

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