Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among adults in the United States: Trend in diagnosis and use of pharmacotherapy

Pharmaceutical Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-101

  Sclar, David Alexander ^a,b   Robison, Linda M ^a   Castillo, Leigh V ^a   Bowen, Kurt A ^a   Schmidt, Jennifer M ^a   Oganov, Ambartsum M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Data collection; Guideline utilisation; prescribing; statistics.

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858674550     PISSN: 11782595     EISSN: 11791993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11599610-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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